Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transconductance amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 跨导放大器
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Application No.: US12439093Application Date: 2007-08-27
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Publication No.: US07847635B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Yusuke Aiba
- Applicant: Yusuke Aiba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation
- Current Assignee: Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-230785 20060828
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/066516 WO 20070827
- International Announcement: WO2008/026528 WO 20080306
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
Provided is a transconductance amplifier capable of suppressing variation in the range of a linear relationship between an input voltage and an output current depending on the magnitude of a tuning voltage Vctrl, thereby adjusting transconductance over a wider range of operating input voltages. The transconductance amplifier is configured by a differential pair formed of MOS transistors (111, 112) having a common source, MOS transistors (113, 114), amplifiers (106, 107), a voltage generator circuit (100), and a differential-pair input voltage generator circuit (120). An input differential common voltage Vcm of all differential signals inputted to the differential pair is adjusted so that a difference between Vcm and Vctrl is equal to a constant, in accordance with a change in the tuning voltage Vctrl that controls the transconductance. This enables keeping constant the range in which the transconductance amplifier can achieve good linearity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100013556A1 TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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