摘要:
A differential amplifier circuit suitable for amplifying a faint signal such as an output of various sensors. The differential amplifier (21) circuit includes switching units (12,13) which are provided at input and output side of a differential amplifier (11) to switch the polarities of an input signal and an output signal of the differential amplifier (11) so as to remove an Offset voltage. The differential amplifier circuit (21) always operates as an ideal amplifier.
摘要:
A single-ended operational amplifier uses a plurality of chopper circuits (9, 16, 24) to alternately transpose matched transistor pairs for cancelling offset errors due to transistor mismatches from statistical process variations. The differential input signals are transposed while simultaneously transposing the currents in a current mirror (14, 15) and in the load devices (37). The matched devices comprising an output stage (36) remain untransposed since their contribution to offset error is minimal but their contribution to noise error would be substantial due to the potentially larger voltage differentials existing between them.