摘要:
Two or more buffers may configured and arranged such that a quiescent current that flows through and biases a first buffer also flows through and biases a second buffer. The first and second buffers may, for example, be source followers used as reference buffers that drive inputs of a switched-capacitor circuit.
摘要:
A system and method are provided for isolating an input without adding significant distortion and without significantly adversely affecting the bandwidth of input circuits. In one embodiment, a single ended signal is substantially cancelled by an arrangement including an input resistance path in parallel with a negative resistance path wherein both paths substantially match in resistance. In another embodiment, a differential signal is substantially cancelled by a pseudo differential arrangement including two independent input resistance paths each in parallel with a corresponding negative resistance path, wherein the resistance paths substantially match the input resistance paths. In yet another embodiment, a differential signal is substantially cancelled by a differential arrangement including two resistance paths wherein a first negative resistance path is coupled between the first differential input and the second differential output and the second negative resistance path is coupled between the second input and the first output. In yet another embodiment, a current controlled current source may provide the negative amplification for the negative resistance path.
摘要:
A system and method are provided for isolating an input without adding significant distortion and without significantly adversely affecting the bandwidth of input circuits. In one embodiment, a single ended signal is substantially cancelled by an arrangement including an input resistance path in parallel with a negative resistance path wherein both paths substantially match in resistance. In another embodiment, a differential signal is substantially cancelled by a pseudo differential arrangement including two independent input resistance paths each in parallel with a corresponding negative resistance path, wherein the resistance paths substantially match the input resistance paths. In yet another embodiment, a differential signal is substantially cancelled by a differential arrangement including two resistance paths wherein a first negative resistance path is coupled between the first differential input and the second differential output and the second negative resistance path is coupled between the second input and the first output. In yet another embodiment, a current controlled current source may provide the negative amplification for the negative resistance path.
摘要:
An analog-to-digital converter including a quantizer and a residue generator, both of which sample an input voltage in parallel. The sampling characteristics of each of the residue generator and the quantizer are designed to substantially match one another. This converter may be used as a low-power ADC front-end circuit that does not require a dedicated sampleand-hold circuit. The front-end circuit consists of two substantially-matched sampling networks, one for the residue generator and the other for the quantizer, inside the first stage of the converter.
摘要:
In a switched-capacitor input sampling structure, a resistor connected in series with the input structure, but after the output of the input switch limits the noise bandwidth of the input structure. The selected placement of the resistor does not appreciably limit the slewing or settling time of downstream circuit elements, resulting in a low noise bandwidth, high speed system.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for providing EOS/ESD protection against an EOS/ESD event across first and second pads of an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the EOS/ESD protection circuit includes an NMOS device having a drain and source respectively coupled to the first and second pads of the integrated circuit, a capacitor coupled between the drain and gate of the NMOS device and a clamping circuit coupled between the gate and the source of the NMOS device to maintain a voltage at the gate less than or equal to a clamping voltage of the clamping circuit. In embodiments of the present invention, the protection circuit includes an active pull down circuit for reducing the voltage across the gate and source of the NMOS device to zero volts a predetermined period of time after the EOS/ESD event, and the protection circuit further includes a current source for providing bias current to the clamping circuit.
摘要:
A programmable clock booster system including a clock booster circuit including at least one boost capacitor connected between a first node and a second node for sampling an input voltage in a first phase and applying a boosting voltage to said second node during a second phase, and a programmable capacitor circuit connected to said first node for providing a programmable boosted voltage on said first node during said second phase.
摘要:
An a.c. coupled multistage high gain operational amplifier includes at least two gain stages, each having an input and an output; an a.c. coupling level shifting capacitance interconnecting the output of a first stage to the input of a second stage; and a charging circuit interconnecting with the a.c. coupling level shifting capacitance and the input of the second stage to charge the a.c. coupling level shifting capacitance in a track phase and to connect the a.c. coupling capacitance to the input of the second stage during a hold phase for dissociating the bias voltages of the stages.
摘要:
Latch structures and systems are disclosed that enhance latch speed and reduce latch current drain while providing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-level latch signals. They are realized with bipolar junction structures and CMOS structures that are arranged to limit latch currents in response to CMOS-level sense signals Ssns.
摘要:
Two or more buffers may configured and arranged such that a quiescent current that flows through and biases a first buffer also flows through and biases a second buffer. The first and second buffers may, for example, be source followers used as reference buffers that drive inputs of a switched-capacitor circuit.