Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for buffer linearization
- Patent Title (中): 用于缓冲线性化的装置和方法
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Application No.: US14337944Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US09048801B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Omid Foroudi
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45 ; H03G3/30 ; H03F3/19

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for buffer linearization are provided. In certain implementations, an amplifier includes a buffer circuit and a gain circuit. The buffer circuit includes a buffer transistor pair used to buffer a differential input signal to generate a differential buffered signal. Additionally, the gain circuit includes a gain transistor pair configured to amplify the buffered differential signal to generate an amplified differential signal. The buffer circuit can include a linearization transistor pair configured to decrease the buffer circuit's output impedance and to provide feedback that reduces changes in the voltage of the differential buffered signal in response to displacement currents associated with the CJC or CGD capacitances of the gain transistor pair.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140333381A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BUFFER LINEARIZATION Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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