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6985031 Semiconductor integrated circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided comprising a first amplifier circuit which receives a first potential and then supplies a current to an output terminal; a second amplifier circuit...
6985036 Digitally controlled transconductance cell  
A digitally controlled transconductance cell includes a differential transistor pair coupled to load elements (either passive or active with resistive or impedance loads) and a variable bias...
6985038 Operational amplifier generating desired feedback reference voltage allowing improved output characteristic  
A voltage setting circuit includes a voltage setting region setting a voltage level corresponding to a maximum value in amplitude of a signal output from an OTA circuit, a voltage setting region...
6982597 Differential input circuit  
A differential input circuit comprising only low withstand voltage transistors, which reliability is not affected even if a high power supply voltage is used. The first and second clamp circuits...
6982596 Operational transconductance amplifier and AGC amplifier using the same  
In an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), resistors are bridge-connected to source terminals of MOSFETs that form a differential pair of the OTA. Capacitors are connected in parallel...
6980050 Differential amplifier and comparator using the same  
A differential amplifier. A differential pair constructed by a first transistor and the second transistor receives differential input signals. The gate terminals of a third and fourth transistor...
6975168 Drive circuit  
The present drive circuit includes: a first N-type transistor connected between a power supply potential line and an output node; a P-type transistor connected between the power supply potential...
6972625 Variable transconductance variable gain amplifier utilizing a degenerated differential pair  
Continuously tuning a transconductance. Coupling a degeneration resistance from a first source of a first transistor in a differential pair of transistors to a second source of a second transistor...
6972623 Differential amplifier without common mode feedback  
A differential amplifier without common feedback is disclosed. The amplifier has a low gain fully differential amplifier and a high gain fully differential amplifier connected in parallel with the...
6970152 Stacked amplifier arrangement for graphics displays  
A column driver for a graphics display has reduced power consumption by sharing power between upper and lower column amplifiers. The upper column amplifier operates over an upper supply range,...
6970043 Low voltage, low power differential receiver  
A folded common cascode circuit with symmetric parallel signal paths from the differential inputs to a single ended output provides a low skew, low jitter, low power, high speed differential...
6967515 Single-ended to differential conversion circuit with duty cycle correction  
A circuit to provide a differential signal output in response to a single-ended signal input, the circuit allowing for a wide common-mode input signal by providing complementary amplifier structures.
6967532 Offset-compensated self-biased differential amplifier  
An apparatus comprising a differential amplifier having a first input coupled to receive a voltage reference signal, a second input and an output. The apparatus also includes an inverter whose...
6963245 System and method to accelerate settling of an amplifier  
A system and method are used to accelerate settling or steady state of an amplifier in an amplifier system. This is used to ensure the amplifier reaches steady-state within a specified time period...
6958651 Analog circuit and display device using the same  
The invention provides an analog circuit that decreases an effect of variation of a transistor. By flowing a bias current in a compensation operation, a voltage between the gate and source of the...
6956434 MOSFET well biasing scheme that mitigates body effect  
A biasing scheme for a MOSFET that mitigates the MOSFET body effect. The biasing scheme can be realized replicating the voltage at the source terminal of a MOSFET and applying this replicated...
6952134 Protection circuit for extending headroom with off-chip inductors  
A protection circuit for extending the dynamic range of an amplifier circuit is described. Off-chip impedances, such as inductors, cause the output of the circuit to swing above and below the bias...
6947720 Low noise mixer circuit with improved gain  
A mixer circuit of the present invention includes a gain stage configured to receive a first signal and a modulated bias current, and in accordance therewith, produce an output signal, the gain...
6937098 Translinear amplifier  
In a translinear amplifier, where the output voltage difference is kept at the same relative difference as the input voltage difference and which is normally formed by two current balancing...
6937099 OP-AMP CONFIGURABLE IN A NON-INVERTING MODE WITH A CLOSED LOOP GAIN GREATER THAN ONE WITH OUTPUT VOLTAGE CORRECTION FOR A TIME VARYING VOLTAGE REFERENCE OF THE OP-AMP, AND A METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF SUCH AN OP-AMP FOR A TIME VARYING VOLTAGE REFERENCE  
A circuit ( 1 ) comprising eight DACs ( 2 a to 2 h ), the analog outputs of which are applied to the non-inverting inputs ( 6 ) of corresponding op-amps ( 7 a to 7 h ) for gaining up the analog...
6933781 Large gain-bandwidth amplifier, method, and system  
An amplifier includes multiple stages. Early stages of the multi-stage amplifier have low gain and preserve bandwidth.
6933782 Degenerative inductor-based gain equalization  
Described are high-speed parallel-to-serial converters. The converters include data combiners with differential current-steering circuits that respond to parallel data bits by producing...
6930550 Self-biasing differential buffer with transmission-gate bias generator  
A self-biasing differential buffer generates a self-bias voltage from its inputs. A first amplifier receives a first input signal on gates of four transistors—p and n-channel drive transistors in...
6924702 Low supply voltage and self-biased high speed receiver  
A low supply voltage and self-biased high speed receiver comprising both thin and thick gate oxide MOSFETs in deep submicron technology. The receiver operates with an IO supply voltage higher than...
6922085 Comparator and method for detecting a signal using a reference derived from a differential data signal pair  
A comparator and method for detecting a signal using a reference derived from a differential data signal pair improves performance of an interface. A differential pair of data signals and at least...
6920187 Constant delay zero standby differential logic receiver and method  
A differential receiver circuit on an integrated circuit consumes substantially no standby power, has constant propagation delay regardless of the input common mode bias, has acceptable common mode...
6919767 Circuit arrangement for low-noise fully differential amplification  
The invention relates to a circuit for low noise, fully differential amplification. A feedback signal ( 121 ) is detected in a differential output step of the differential amplification circuit by...
6919766 Operational amplifier circuit  
An operational amplifier circuit includes a first differential pair, which includes first and second transistors, and a second differential pair, which includes third and fourth transistors. A...
6911858 Comparator with offset canceling function and D/A conversion apparatus with offset canceling function  
A comparator with an offset canceling function and a D/A conversion apparatus capable of canceling an input/output offset with high accuracy using this comparator. To eliminate unbalance between...
6911865 Method and system for producing a drive signal for a current steering amplifier  
Provided is a method and system for producing a drive signal for a current steering amplifier. An exemplary method comprises receiving a supply voltage signal and a differential input signal as a...
6909327 Amplifier  
An amplifier has a p-type and an n-type difference transistor pairs providing respective outputs, and is adapted to provide the outputs of the pairs in an integrated form. When the level of the...
6906586 Differential amplifier circuit used in solid-state image pickup apparatus, and arrangement that avoids influence of variations of integrated circuits in manufacture and the like  
The output terminal of a first voltage-current conversion circuit, which includes operational amplifiers and a resistor, is connected to the output terminal of a second voltage-current conversion...
6906587 Current controlled bridge amplifier  
An amplifier circuit. In one embodiment, the amplifier includes a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors. Each transistor in the amplifier includes a control terminal (e.g. a...
6903607 Operational amplifier  
An operational amplifier has a differential amplifier stage comprising a pair of first PMOS transistors for inputting signals, which are arranged between a positive voltage supply coupled with a...
6897727 Current mode switch capacitor circuit  
A device is provided having at least two capacitive elements configured to retain a charge, and an interconnection of active devices between the capacitive elements. The active devices are...
6897726 Differential circuit, amplifier circuit, and display device using the amplifier circuit  
A differential circuit comprises first and second differential pairs driven by constant-current sources, respectively, for receiving input voltages, first transistors, second transistors, and...
6891433 Low voltage high gain amplifier circuits  
In one embodiment, the present invention provides an amplifier circuit including a cascode input stage coupled to a differential stage. In another embodiment, an amplifier includes a differential...
6891434 System and method for a startup circuit for a differential CMOS amplifier  
A system is provided for correcting start-up deficiencies in an amplifier. The system includes a comparing device configured to (i) receive a second circuit node voltage and a reference voltage as...
6888417 Voltage controlled oscillator  
A folded starved inverter differential output apparatus for use in a voltage controlled oscillator includes a first polarity of two transistors that are cross-coupled and a second polarity of four...
6885244 Operational amplifier with fast rise time  
An operational amplifier comprising an inverting stage transistor that drives current to an output of the operational amplifier through a current path, and an auxiliary transistor that adds...
6882224 Self-biasing for common gate amplifier  
A data receiver having a transfer function that exhibits peaking at high frequencies is provided to compensate an input signal provided on a transmission channel having a low pass transfer...
6873209 Input buffer circuit having function of canceling offset voltage  
An input buffer circuit without a drop of a capability of a circuit and a limitation of a connection type with a circuit of a former stage is obtained. The output signal (OUTB) is inputted to a...
6873206 Charge amplifier device having fully integrated DC stabilization  
A fully integrated charge amplifier with DC stabilization includes a first amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, a first capacitor coupled between the input terminal and the...
6870423 Output circuit capable of transmitting signal with optimal amplitude and optimal common-mode voltage at receiver circuit  
An output circuit has a data control circuit, a variable resistance circuit, a common-mode voltage detection circuit, an adjusting circuit. The data control circuit controls data included in an...
6870424 Low voltage differential in differential out receiver  
A folded common cascode circuit with symmetric parallel signal paths from the differential inputs to a single ended output provides a low skew, low jitter, low power, high speed differential in/out...
6870422 Low voltage rail-to-rail CMOS input stage  
The present invention discloses a low voltage rail-to-rail CMOS input stage. The input stage includes a differential pail of P-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect (PMOS) transistors,...
6870696 CMOS low-noise MR read head pre-amplifier circuit  
A preamplifier system is provided for use with a magneto-resistive (MR) sensor. Included is an alternating current (AC) coupling module connected to the MR sensor for blocking a direct current (DC)...
6864723 High-swing transconductance amplifier  
A charge pump circuit includes a high-swing transconductance amplifier. A high input swing transconductance is provided in a negative feedback loop of the charge pump circuit without an abrupt...
6859095 Non-switched capacitor offset voltage compensation in operational amplifiers  
A method for reducing offset voltage in an operational amplifier without the need for switched-capacitors, includes introducing a tapped resistor chain between the common connected terminals of the...
6856198 Amplifier and method for voltage-to-current conversion  
An amplifier includes a differential unit including an input port to receive a voltage input signal, a current mirror unit including an output port, and a voltage-to-current conversion unit to...