Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auto-zero technique for opamps with a source-follower output stage based on replica referencing
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Application No.: US16162975Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US10673398B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Michele Piccardi
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H03F1/02
- IPC: H03F1/02 ; H03F3/45 ; H03F1/08 ; H03G3/30

Abstract:
An electronic circuit comprises an input stage, a gain stage operatively coupled to the input stage, a primary output stage operatively coupled to the gain stage, a replica output stage operatively coupled to the gain stage in parallel to the primary output stage, and a clock circuit. The clock circuit operates the electronic circuit in multiple phases including a sampling phase to disconnect the primary output stage and the replica output stage from the gain stage to obtain an offset voltage, an active phase to reconnect the primary output stage to apply the offset voltage to reduce an offset at the primary output stage, and an intermediate phase to first reconnect the replica output stage to the gain stage prior to the active phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200127623A1 AUTO-ZERO TECHNIQUE FOR OPAMPS WITH A SOURCE-FOLLOWER OUTPUT STAGE BASED ON REPLICA REFERENCING Public/Granted day:2020-04-23
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