Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Differential amplifier circuit used in solid-state image pickup apparatus, and arrangement that avoids influence of variations of integrated circuits in manufacture and the like
- Patent Title (中): 用于固态图像拾取装置的差分放大器电路,以及避免制造中的集成电路的变化的影响的装置等
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Application No.: US11123042Application Date: 2005-05-06
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Publication No.: US07903150B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Katsuhito Sakurai
- Applicant: Katsuhito Sakurai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2001/256520 20010827
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H03F3/45 ; G05F1/10 ; G05F3/02

Abstract:
The output terminal of a first voltage-current conversion circuit, which includes operational amplifiers and a resistor, is connected to the output terminal of a second voltage-current conversion circuit which includes operational amplifiers and a resistor, and also to the negative input terminal of the second voltage-current conversion circuit via a source follower as an impedance conversion circuit which is formed by an NMOS transistor and constant current source. Furthermore, the output terminal of the first voltage-current conversion circuit serves as the output terminal of a differential amplifier circuit. The positive-phase input terminal of the second voltage-current conversion circuit is connected to a reference voltage. Since the node of the current outputs of the first and second voltage-current conversion circuits has a high impedance, these circuits operate to equalize their output currents.
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