Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low headroom X-bridge transconductor
- Patent Title (中): 低净空X桥跨导体
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Application No.: US12207082Application Date: 2008-09-09
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Publication No.: US07800445B2Publication Date: 2010-09-21
- Inventor: Sandro Herrera , Stefano D'Aquino
- Applicant: Sandro Herrera , Stefano D'Aquino
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
A transconductance cell includes a positive rail for providing a positive power supply voltage and a negative rail for providing a negative power supply voltage. A pair of voltage inputs, one inverting and one non-inverting, develop a differential voltage input signal having a common mode voltage range from one of the rail voltages to within a volt or less of the other rail voltage. And a pair of cross-coupled transconductor circuits each have: (i.) a source voltage follower responsive to one of the voltage inputs for sourcing relatively unbounded output current at unity voltage gain, (ii.) a sink voltage follower responsive to the other voltage input for sinking unbounded output current to a current output terminal, and (iii) a transconductance resistor connected between the source voltage follower and the sink voltage follower for developing a differential output current proportional to the differential voltage input signal. Transconductance of the cell is substantially constant over the range of the differential voltage input signal without limiting the differential output current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100060359A1 Low Headroom X-Bridge Transconductor Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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