Differential amplifiers
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10177725B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15536242

    申请日:2015-12-14

    Inventor: Phil Corbishley

    Abstract: A differential amplifier comprises: a long tailed pair transistor configuration comprising a differential pair of transistors and a tail transistor; and a replica circuit configured to vary a feedback current in the replica circuit to match a replica voltage to a reference voltage, wherein varying the feedback current in the replica circuit provides a bias voltage to the tail transistor in the long tailed pair which controls a tail current through the tail transistor to determine a common mode voltage in the long tailed pair.

    Start-up circuit arranged to initialize a circuit portion

    公开(公告)号:US10095260B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15736763

    申请日:2016-06-16

    Abstract: A start-up circuit arranged to initialize a circuit portion with a zero stable point and a non-zero stable point. The start-up circuit includes: a capacitive voltage divider including a first capacitor and a second capacitor that generate a divider bias voltage at a divider node; a differential amplifier including first and second amplifier inputs and an amplifier output connected to the divider node; a first driver transistor with its gate terminal connected to the divider node, and its drain terminal connected to a first start-up output and the first amplifier input; and a second driver transistor with its gate terminal connected to the divider node, and its drain terminal connected to a second start-up output and the second amplifier input. The differential amplifier controls the divider bias voltage and drives the circuit portion to the non-zero stable point.

    START-UP CIRCUITS
    7.
    发明申请
    START-UP CIRCUITS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180188764A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15736763

    申请日:2016-06-16

    CPC classification number: G05F3/262 G05F3/30

    Abstract: A start-up circuit (2) arranged to initialise a circuit portion (4) with a zero stable point (200) and a non-zero stable point (202). The start-up circuit comprises: a capacitive voltage divider including a first capacitor (16) and a second capacitor (18) that generate a divider bias voltage at a divider node (48); a differential amplifier including first and second amplifier inputs (20, 22) and an amplifier output connected to the divider node; a first driver transistor (12) with its gate terminal connected to the divider node, and its drain terminal connected to a first start-up output and the first amplifier input; and a second driver transistor (14) with its gate terminal connected to the divider node, and its drain terminal connected to a second start-up output and the second amplifier input. The differential amplifier controls the divider bias voltage and drives the circuit portion to the non-zero stable point.

    Packet-based radio receiver with automatic gain control

    公开(公告)号:US10177730B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15535947

    申请日:2015-12-14

    Inventor: Phil Corbishley

    Abstract: A packet-based radio receiver (10) comprises an automatic gain control system (17) and a signal-level detector (18, 19, 20) for monitoring an analog signal derived from radio signals received by the radio receiver. The signal-level detector (18, 19, 20) comprises a binary memory cell (22, 24) and a monitoring system. The monitoring system comprises a comparator (21, 23) arranged to receive a reference voltage at a first input and the analog signal at a second input. The monitoring system is arranged to (i) continuously monitor the voltage of the analog signal, (ii) detect when the monitored signal exceeds the reference voltage, and (iii) store a predetermined binary value in the memory cell (22, 24) in response to such a detection. The automatic gain control system (17) is arranged to control the gain of a variable-gain component (12, 13, 14) of the radio receiver in dependence on the contents of the binary memory cell (22, 24).

    Active RC filters
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10153742B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-11

    申请号:US15536504

    申请日:2015-12-14

    Inventor: Phil Corbishley

    Abstract: An operational amplifier comprises: a first amplifier stage 4 comprising a first differential pair of transistors 8, 10 arranged to receive and amplify a differential input signal 18, 20 thereby providing a first differential output signal 22, 24; and a second amplifier stage 6 comprising a second differential pair of transistors 26, 28 arranged to receive and amplify the first differential output signal 22, 24 thereby providing a second differential output signal 38, 40.

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