Abstract:
A transconductance circuit has an input terminal (V IN ) and an output terminal (Out), a first current source (4) having a gate connected to said input terminal (V IN ); and a second current source (5), in parallel with said first current source, and having a higher transconductance and a wider dynamic range than the first current source. The current sources are configured so that at a low input voltage only the first current source (4) is on. A voltage drop circuit (2) provides a lower bias voltage for the second current source than for the first current source.
Abstract:
A low voltage multi-stage amplifier (306) is described. The low voltage multi-stage amplifier (306) includes one or more prior stages (310, 312). The low voltage multi-stage amplifier (306) also includes a supply stage (314). The low voltage multi-stage amplifier (306) further includes an output stage (316) that operates with a supply voltage as low as a sum of a threshold voltage of a first transistor (347) in the output stage (316) and a saturation voltage of a second transistor (344) of the supply stage (314). The supply stage (314) supplies the output stage (316).
Abstract:
A signal processing arrangement comprises an amplifier (AMP V1 ) that includes a stage with complementary transistors (MP3, MN3) of opposite conductivity type arranged in series between two supply lines (+, -). A controllable biasing circuit (CCS) is provided for changing a quiescent operating point of the stage as a function of a control signal (CS). A control arrangement measures an even order 5 distortion of the amplifier (AMP V1 ) and adjusts the control signal (CS) so that the even order distortion is below a critical level.
Abstract:
A device includes a main field effect transistor (10) and a sense field effec transistor (12) with common drain and common gate. A controlled current source (30) supplies current to the source (22) of the sense field effect transistor. The current supply of the controlled current source (30) comes from gate terminal 4. The controlled current source (30) has differential inputs (32,34) connected to the source (20) of the main FET and the source ( 22) of the sense FET. The control current source (20) targets a zero voltage between its differential inputs and hence targets a sense current that is a fixed, small proportion of the main current through the source of the main FET (10) . This current is supplied from gate terminal 4 providing a current sense function in a three terminal ( 4,6,8) package.
Abstract:
A laser driver circuit to provide a modulation current is disclosed. A current mirror circuit generates the modulation current in response to a reference current. The current mirror circuit comprises an operational amplifier providing an output signal to gates of transistors forming the current mirror circuit.
Abstract:
A high-frequency amplifier circuit includes an amplifying transistor and a driver transistor, with the amplifying transistor being connected in either a common emitter or a common source configuration and the driver transistor being connected in a corresponding common collector or a common drain configuration, depending upon whether bipolar or field effect transistors are used. A current-mirror bias circuit is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the driver transistor, with a resistor being provided for coupling the current mirror to the input terminal of the driver transistor. The resistor, which typically has a value of between about 20 and 100 ohms, provides a negative impedance cancellation effect while minimizing power consumption at low bias levels.
Abstract:
The performance of the main regulatory transistor of an on-chip voltage regulator circuit is enhanced when the main transistor is appropriately biased during start up. In an example embodiment, a voltage regulator circuit includes a thin gate oxide transistor as the main regulatory transistor and an operational amplifier that is referenced to a midlevel operating voltage. During start-up, the potential voltage difference is large enough to necessitate the disconnection of the main transistor from the operational amplifier. A voltage divider ladder circuit is used to maintain the gate voltage of the main transistor at the midlevel voltage while a smaller thick gate oxide transistor is used to maintain loop stability and to withstand voltage transients.
Abstract:
Known is a two stage high frequency amplifier preceded by a large amplification gain stage providing a fixed swing signal for the two stage amplifier. Particularly in portable devices such as pagers, and mobile or cordless phones, such a receiver structure consumes much power. An amplifier structure is proposed with a cascade of at least four amplifier stages, alternately resistive feedback amplifier stages and non-resistive amplifier stages. Herewith, a dramatic improvement of the gain-bandwidth product is achieved, for the same static power consumption. The amplifier can be used in a PLL of a synthesizer circuit for a pager, cellular or cordless phone, or any other suitable communcation device.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an amplifier circuit that includes one or more amplifier stages, each of the one or more amplifier stages including a complementary transistor configuration. The complementary transistor configuration includes an NMOS transistor (436) and a PMOS transistor (440). The NMOS transistor (436) is electrically coupled in parallel to the PMOS transistor (440). The amplifier circuit further includes an output amplifier stage electrically coupled to an output of the one or more amplifier stages, the output amplifier stage including a non-complementary transistor configuration including one or more NMOS transistors (452) or PMOS transistors.