Abstract:
A regulation circuit (30), incorporated in a single integrated circuit with a first circuit load, which as an input coupled to a power supply (310) which produces a source voltage, and a first output coupled to the first circuit load. The regulation circuit (30) comprises an input capacitor (109) for reducing the magnitude of a voltage change at the first output, and at least a first voltage regulator (112) for producing a predetermined voltage at the first load.
Abstract:
A low-voltage differential amplifier (10) includes a circuit (12) having a differential pair (14) and loads (22 and 24). The first load (22) can include a first embedded differential amplifier (30) and an output transistor (32) and the second load (24) can include a second embedded differential amplifier (36) and an output transistor (38). The differential amplifier (10) can provide a wide-voltage operable range. The differential amplifier (10) is particularly useful in connection with low-voltage temperature compensated crystal oscillators.
Abstract:
A fast and efficient median search method and filter searches a dynamically changing time-ordered list of data samples for a data sample representing the arithmetic median of the list. Embodiments include a method to reduce the number of memory access operations to 2N and a method to reduce the number of memory access operations to N, where N is the number of data samples searched. The described approach includes providing a circular list of N data samples (200) including an incoming data sample replacing an outgoing data sample, and a median data sample. Then, updating the median data sample dependent on magnitudes of the incoming data sample, the median data sample, and the outgoing data sample (205, 207, 209).
Abstract:
A low power temperature compensated crystal oscillator (10) is disclosed. The temperature compensated crystal oscillator (10) has a crystal oscillator circuit (12), a voltage controlled reactance element (30), a temperature compensation network (50), and a programmable DC-DC converter network (60) having an output (62) connected to the voltage controlled reactance element (30), the temperature compensation network (50) or both. Much of this structure is adapted for use in an integrated circuit, and provides the advantage of minimizing power and current consumption.
Abstract:
A high-gain wide-band RF amplifier (120) with automatic bias supply regulation. Amplifier (120) includes a pair of field effect transistors (FETs) (102, 104) with common source connection (106) biased by FET (108) connected between common source connection (106) and amplifier signal input RFIN. Bias voltage (V B1 ) is applied to the gate of device (108) and automatic gain control voltage (V AGC ) is applied to the gates of FET pair (102, 104). Automatic bias supply circuit (122) is an active load including resistors (124, 126), capacitor (128) and amplifier (130). Capacitor (128) is connected between the negative input (132) and output (134) of amplifier (130). Load reference voltage VO is provided to the positive input. Resistor (124) is connected between output (134) of amplifier (130) and the amplifier output (136) at the drain of FET (104). Resistor (126) is connected between output (136) at the drain of FET (104) and the negative input (132) to amplifier (130) providing amplifier load signal feedback.
Abstract:
What is described is a high efficiency voltage doubler (100). The high efficiency voltage doubler (100) has a charge-pump capacitor (30), an inverter (18), a coupling capacitor (24), a complementary switch pair (16), a DC biasing circuit (102), a charging circuit (106), and an input circuit (108). This structure is adapted for use in an integrated circuit, and provides the advantage of maximizing voltage doubled power output and minimizing current consumption with a minimal number of components.
Abstract:
A low power temperature compensated crystal oscillator (10) is disclosed. The temperature compensated crystal oscillator (10) has a crystal oscillator circuit (12), a voltage controlled reactance element (30), a temperature compensation network (50), and a programmable DC-DC converter network (60) having an output (62) connected to the voltage controlled reactance element (30), the temperature compensation network (50) or both. Much of this structure is adapted for use in an integrated circuit, and provides the advantage of minimizing power and current consumption.
Abstract:
A circuit and method provides a low distortion buffer by using a resistive divider stage (18, 20) and a gain stage (12) whose gain is equal to the inverse of the attenuation ratio of the resistive divider to provide unity gain. Multiple inputs (14, 42, 44, ... 46) to the buffer circuit are accommodated by means of an input switching network (30, 38). The gain error introduced by the resistance of the switching network (30, 38) is canceled by placing an equivalent network (60) in a feedback path of the gain stage. The preferred circuit topology is well-suited to low-voltage applications and provides a low-distortion output. Means of reducing power consumption (68, 70) and minimizing undesirable transients (72) are also provided.
Abstract:
A buffer (200) having output devices (101 and 102) exhibiting complementary symmetry and configured as voltage-followers in push pull is biased for class AB operation by a bias network including two substantially equal resistors (201 and 202) arranged and configured to substantially reduce noise attributable to the bias circuit.
Abstract:
A fast and efficient median search method and filter searches a dynamically changing time-ordered list of data samples for a data sample representing the arithmetic median of the list. Embodiments include a method to reduce the number of memory access operations to 2N and a method to reduce the number of memory access operations to N, where N is the number of data samples searched. The described approach includes providing a circular list of N data samples (200) including an incoming data sample replacing an outgoing data sample, and a median data sample. Then, updating the median data sample dependent on magnitudes of the incoming data sample, the median data sample, and the outgoing data sample (205, 207, 209).