Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Differential amplifier circuit and frequency mixer for improving linearity
- Patent Title (中): 差分放大电路和混频器,提高线性度
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Application No.: US12325400Application Date: 2008-12-01
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Publication No.: US07808319B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Byung Sung Kim , Tae Sung Kim
- Applicant: Byung Sung Kim , Tae Sung Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
- Current Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
- Current Assignee Address: KR Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Lexyoume IP Group, PLLC.
- Priority: KR10-2008-0018776 20080229
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
A differential amplifier circuit and a frequency mixer for improving linearity are disclosed. The disclosed differential amplifier circuit includes first and second loads, a first output terminal for the first load, a second output terminal for the second load, a differential amplifying stage including a differential stage for amplifying a voltage difference between a first input stage and a second input stage, and a biasing current source for biasing the differential stage, and a non-linearity filtering circuit for filtering a non-linear signal generated from the differential amplifying stage. The non-linearity filtering circuit includes a first cross circuit including a first transistor to connect the first and second output terminals, and a second cross circuit including a second transistor to connect the first and second output terminals. The differential amplifier circuit achieves an improvement in linearity, as compared to conventional differential amplifier circuits, by offsetting, at a load side, a non-linear component generated at an active element of the differential amplifier circuit, to output only a linear current component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090219094A1 DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND FREQUENCY MIXER FOR IMPROVING LINEARITY Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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