Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transient stabilized cascode biasing
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Application No.: US16044378Application Date: 2018-07-24
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Publication No.: US10587225B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Jonathan James Klaren , Tero Tapio Ranta
- Applicant: pSemi Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Jaquez Land Greenhaus LLP
- Agent Alessandro Steinfl, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03F1/22
- IPC: H03F1/22 ; H03F1/02

Abstract:
A biasing circuit with high current drive capability for fast settling of a biasing voltage to a stacked cascode amplifier is presented. According to a first aspect, the biasing circuit uses transistors matched with transistors of the cascode amplifier to generate a boost current during a transition phase that changes the biasing voltage by charging or discharging a capacitor. The boost current is activated during the transition phase and deactivated when a steady-state condition is reached. According to a second aspect, the biasing circuit uses an operational amplifier in a feedback loop that forces a source node of a cascode transistor of a reference circuit, that is a scaled down replica version of the cascode amplifier, to be at a reference voltage. The high gain and high current capability of the operational amplifier, provided by isolating a high frequency signal processed by the cascode amplifier from the reference circuit, allow for a quick settling of the biasing voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200036341A1 Transient Stabilized Cascode Biasing Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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