High order miller N-path filter
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10547289B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15963056

    申请日:2018-04-25

    Abstract: An N-path filter with one or more branches selectively coupled to a shared circuit node includes a first branch having a first feedback path and a second feedback path. The first feedback path includes a Miller amplifier having an input coupled to an input voltage and a first capacitor coupled to both the input voltage and an output of the Miller amplifier. The second feedback path includes a node in common with the first feedback path. The second feedback path also includes a first high pass filter coupled to the output of the Miller amplifier and a second capacitor coupled to both the first capacitor and the first high pass filter.

    Amplifier with gain boosting
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10819303B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16656310

    申请日:2019-10-17

    Abstract: In certain aspects, an amplifier includes a first transistor including a gate, a drain, and a source, wherein the gate of the first transistor is coupled to a first input of the amplifier. The amplifier also includes a second transistor including a gate, a drain, and a source, wherein the gate of the second transistor is coupled to a second input of the amplifier. The amplifier further includes a first signal path coupled between the first input of the amplifier and the source of the second transistor, a second signal path coupled between the second input of the amplifier and the source of the first transistor, a first load coupled to the drain of the first transistor, and a second load coupled to the drain of the second transistor.

    Noise improvement in DNA sequencing circuit by FinFET-like nanopore formation

    公开(公告)号:US10724065B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US15438734

    申请日:2017-02-21

    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing circuit having a controllable pore size and a lower membrane capacitance and noise floor relative to biological nanopore devices. For example, design principles used to fabricate a fin-shaped field effect transistor (FinFET) may be applied to form, on a first wafer, a nanopore that has a desired pore size in a silicon-based membrane. Electrodes and an interconnect embedded with an amplifier and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) may be formed on a separate second wafer, wherein the first wafer and the second wafer may then be bonded and further processed to form a sensing device that includes appropriate wells and pores to be used in a DNA sequencing circuit.

    Single-ended to differential signal conversion of analog signals

    公开(公告)号:US10530618B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US16143198

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and apparatuses for converting a single-ended analog signal into a differential analog signal. In some implementations, a single-ended to differential signal converter may include an N-path filter to generate a 180 degree phase-shifted version of a single-ended input signal. The single-ended input signal and the 180 degree phase-shifted version of the single-ended input signal together may form a differential signal. In some implementations, the N-path filter may delay the single-ended input through a series of switched capacitors.

    Biasing of an ionic current sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10024818B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15186409

    申请日:2016-06-17

    Abstract: An ionic current sensor array includes a master bias generator and a plurality of sensing cells. The master bias generator is configured to generate a bias voltage. Each sensing cell includes an ionic current sensor, an integrating capacitor, a sense transistor coupled between the integrating capacitor and the ionic current sensor, and an amplifier coupled to provide a reference voltage to bias the ionic current sensor. The amplifier includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is coupled to receive the bias voltage, and the second transistor is coupled to the first transistor to provide the reference voltage to the ionic current sensor. The second transistor is also coupled between a source of the sense transistor and the gate of the sense transistor.

    High gain-bandwidth product (GBW) amplifier with passive feedforward compensation

    公开(公告)号:US11736078B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17176543

    申请日:2021-02-16

    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for amplifying an input signal. One example apparatus is a differential amplifier that includes a positive input node, a negative input node, a positive output node, a negative output node, a positive input transistor having a gate coupled to the positive input node and having a drain coupled to the negative output node, a negative input transistor having a gate coupled to the negative input node and having a drain coupled to the positive output node, a first common-gate amplifier having an output coupled to the negative output node, a second common-gate amplifier having an output coupled to the positive output node, a first capacitive element coupled between the negative input node and an input of the first common-gate amplifier, and a second capacitive element coupled between the positive input node and an input of the second common-gate amplifier.

    Local oscillator (LO) for wireless communication

    公开(公告)号:US11038493B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16791067

    申请日:2020-02-14

    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a local oscillator (LO) for wireless communication. In some examples, the LO is configured to generate an LO signal by inverting, by a first inverter, a first signal to generate a second signal having a first frequency, the first signal being an oscillating signal. In some examples, the LO is configured to control, using a third signal having a second frequency, a first switch receiving the second signal. In some examples, the LO is configured to control, using a fourth signal having the second frequency, a second switch receiving the second signal, wherein the fourth signal is a complement of the third signal and wherein the second frequency is one-half the first frequency.

    Noise cancelling baseband amplifier

    公开(公告)号:US10305431B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15723059

    申请日:2017-10-02

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first amplifier having a first feedback resistance and an output configured to be coupled to a first input of a second amplifier having a second feedback resistance. The apparatus includes a third amplifier coupled to an input of the first amplifier and having an output configured to be coupled to a second input of the second amplifier.

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