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4797583 Level converting circuit for converting voltage levels, including a current amplifying arrangement  
A level converter for transforming differential input voltages into an output voltage comprises a voltage-current conversion circuit for transforming the differential input voltages into...
4783602 Operational transconductance amplifier for use in sample-and-hold circuits and the like  
An improved operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) for use in sample-and-hold circuits or the like requiring very low output leakage currents and equalized output current transients when the...
4783637 Front end stage of an operational amplifier  
The front end of an operational amplifier having an improved slew rate and high gain current output capabilities. The amplifier includes a slew enhancement or large signal stage connected in...
4780625 Integrated circuit sensor circuit  
An integrated circuit sensor circuit (10) is disclosed which is operable in differential or single-ended modes at DC input potentials which can be below the integrated circuit substrate bias...
4780686 Semiconductor differential amplifier  
A semiconductor differential amplifier includes first and second MOS transistors of a first conductivity type acting as driver transistors, and third through sixth MOS transistors of a second...
4779059 Current mirror circuit  
A current mirror circuit including an operational amplifier connected to transistors of the current mirror circuit such that operating points of the transistors, that is, the emitter electrodes,...
4777472 Modified cascode amplifier  
An input signal to an amplifier is coupled to a gate electrode of a first PMOS transistor operating as a common source inverting amplifier. The drain electrode of the first transistor is coupled to...
4766394 Operational amplifier circuit having wide operating range  
An operational amplifier circuit operable with a common-mode input voltage variable over a substantially full range between given source voltages, wherein complementary first and second...
4763024 Gain control cell  
A gain control cell comprises an input stage (10) having first (12) and second (13) input nodes and including a first current mirror (T 14 ), and an output stage (11) having an output node (14) and...
4760286 Comparator with input offset current elimination  
A comparator circuit for use with other comparator circuits on a common resistive divider chain includes PNP input transistors operating in conjunction with a current mirror circuit, and input...
4757275 Wideband closed loop amplifier  
A wideband closed loop amplifier is described which has improved accuracy over prior amplifiers. The closed loop amplifier includes (a) first and second differential amplifiers, (b) floating bias...
4757274 Input compensation circuit for superbeta transistor amplifier  
An improved input current compensation circuit is provided for a dual branch amplifier, particularly an amplifier employing superbeta transistors. The compensation circuit has a superbeta...
4757273 Complementary transconductance amplifiers  
A complementary differential amplifier comprising a first and a second pair of complementary bipolar transistors, each of said transistors having a base, emitter and a collector, a resistor network...
4755767 High gain amplifier using two current mirrors  
An op amp is disclosed in which a high-gain differential input stage drives a high-gain common emitter stage that in turn drives an emitter follower buffer output stage. Adequate voltage gain is...
4755766 Differential to single-ended converter  
A differential to a single-ended converter circuit includes linearizing PN junctions that compensate for input signal voltage loss in the input stage. A variable voltage source and a resistor are...
4749957 Semiconductor transconductor circuits  
A voltage-tuned transconductor with reduced even-order and odd-order nonlinearities is obtained by using a pair of control MOS transistors each interconnected between a separate pair of matched...
4746877 Direct-coupled wideband amplifier  
An improved gain stage includes a pair of differentially-connected, matched, bipolar transistors and local positive feedback from the output to the collector electrode of one input transistor to...
4743862 JFET current mirror and voltage level shifting apparatus  
A JFET current mirror is employed in the voltage level shifting section of an operational amplifier. The JFET current mirror includes a first and second JFET coupled at their gates for conducting...
4742309 Line receiver  
An improved line receiver with high common mode rejection is operable at voltages above the power supply voltage (VCC) as well as below ground. Input resistors provide high input impedence as well...
4742281 Speed control apparatus for a DC motor  
A speed control apparatus for a DC motor operable with a low voltage battery has a reference voltage generating circuit capable of operable with a low voltage such as 1 V and is settable for output...
4734654 Linear CMOS transconductance element  
A simple CMOS linear, tunable, high-frequency transconductance element is described. By using a pair of composite n-channel/p-channel devices, the transconductance circuit achieves its linearity by...
4731589 Constant current load and level shifter circuitry  
Level shifter circuitry, as for an operational amplifier, imposes no current load on the preceding amplifier stage associated with its level shifter function. A common-collector-amplifier first...
4728815 Data shaping circuit  
A circuit for producing output pulses in response to an alternating signal supplied to the input thereof which is comprised of a pair of complementary transistors cascoded between a pair of current...
4727335 Gain-controlled amplifier  
A gain-controlled amplifier amplifies an input signal at a gain which varies exponentially in accordance with a control voltage applied thereto and selectively outputs one of non-inverted and...
4724397 Trimmable differential amplifier having a zero temperature coefficient offset voltage and method  
A differential amplifier in which the offset voltage is adjustable and which has a zero temperature coefficient after being adjusted. The differential amplifier includes a pair of differentially...
4721921 Amplifier having improved gain/bandwidth product  
In an operational amplifier having an input stage of the type wherein first and second differentially coupled transistors cooperate with a current mirror circuit, an output transistor is provided...
4721920 Broad-band integrator  
The broad-band integrator uses bipolar transistors with single low-value integration capacitor, that is why it is easy to integrate. A bias circuit, which can be integrated, allows both the...
4717886 Operational amplifier utilizing resistors trimmed by metal migration  
First and second resistors of a resistive network formed in a semiconductive substrate may be individually trimmed. The first and second resistive regions coupled at one end thereof have their...
4716381 High-current operational amplifier  
An operational amplifier suitable for inclusion in an integrated circuit device operating as a transceiver at a coaxial media interface to a network meeting IEEE 802.3 standards. To be included in...
4716380 FET differential amplifier  
A differential amplifier (10) has two input terminals (16,18), an output terminal (20) together with power terminals (12,14). The differential amplifier comprises two or more stages with each stage...
4713626 Operational amplifier utilizing JFET followers  
An operational amplifier includes a pair of differentially coupled PNP transistors driving a current mirror circuit. The base of the each of the transistors is coupled to the source of a JFET...
4713797 Current mirror sense amplifier for a non-volatile memory  
A non-volatile memory has memory cells which have a first or a second conductivity. A reference current is established through an unprogrammed reference cell which has the first conductivity. A...
4710728 Amplifier having improved gain-bandwidth product  
An amplifier includes an input stage having first and second differentially coupled transistors for receiving a differential input signal and providing a differential output to third and fourth...
4706036 Differential amplifier having ratioed load devices  
A differential amplifier is provided which has a low systematic offset voltage and a small variation in quiescent current with respect to variations in processing and temperature while providing...
4701720 Capacitive feedback to boost amplifier slew rate  
An integrated circuit voltage follower buffer amplifier is provided with a feedback capacitor that is coupled to produce positive feedback current that acts to enhance slew rate. In an op amp a...
4701719 Differential amplification circuit  
A first differential amplifier amplifies the differential signal component of the input signal supplied to input terminals. The differential component is then supplied to output terminals. The...
4700144 Differential amplifier feedback current mirror  
A differential amplifier feedback current mirror includes a feedback current source that provides a correction current to one input of a differential amplifier. The correction current is...
4695750 Voltage level converting circuit  
A voltage level converting circuit includes first and second potential terminals between which a power source voltage is applied, first and second terminals for receiving an input signal and an...
4692711 Current mirror circuit  
This invention is described a current mirror circuit. In a current mirror circuit wherein there are provided first and second transistors which have their emitters in common and constitute a...
4689580 Active filter circuit  
An active filter circuit having emitter coupled first and second transmittors and emitter coupled third and fourth transistors, wherein the base and collector electrodes of the third transistor are...
4689607 Bidirectional transconductance amplifier  
An apparatus for converting an input voltage into a related output current, is disclosed and generally comprises: a resistance means in series with the voltage input; first and second double output...
4689579 Analog integrated circuit  
A high-density analog integrated circuit having built-in resistor elements formed simultaneously with the formation of the base of transistor is disclosed in which a high-resistance element is...
4689506 Control circuit for use with electronic attenuators and method for providing a control signal proportional to absolute temperature  
A control circuit for developing a modulated voltage which is proportional to absolute temperature that includes a thermal current source for producing current having a predetermined temperature...
4684831 Level shift circuit for interfacing between two different voltage levels using a current mirror circuit  
A novel translator for translating linear logic signal levels to TTL-compatible levels in an integrated logic device having an I/O section including a mix of ECL and TTL circuit. The translator...
4682059 Comparator input stage for interface with signal current  
A current interface has an impedance buffering circuit which maintains a very low input impedance at an input node, while producing currents to two current outputs which increase and decrease,...
4680640 Apparatus for reducing beam current measurement errors  
Errors occurring in the beam current measurement in a video output stage can be reduced by increasing the recharging rate of the capacitive load of a video amplifier, constituted by the picture...
4679092 Reduced distortion display circuit  
The distortion of an emitter-follower output stage of a video amplifier for driving a cathode of a picture display tube can be reduced without rendering a beam current control via this output stage...
4677323 Field-effect transistor current switching circuit  
An MOS current steering circuit (10) includes a current mirror arrangement with an input branch (12) and an output branch (16). In the input branch, the conduction channels of a current-limiting...
4677321 TTL compatible input buffer  
An input buffer circuit, especially well-suited for use as a TTL-TO-CMOS interface circuit, has a differential transistor pair at the input for stabilizing the circuit switching point relative to...
4668919 High speed operational amplifier  
A high speed low power linear two micron CMOS operation amplifier comprises an input differential amplifier stage having feedback current mirror loads connected to a four vertically stacked...