Patents
Literature
Patsnap Eureka AI that helps you search prior art, draft patents, and assess FTO risks, powered by patent and scientific literature data.

66results about "Amplifiers with semiconductor devices only" patented technology

Circuit for mitigating current leakage

A current leakage mitigation circuit is provided. The circuit includes a charge storage circuit for receiving a control signal output, and a correction circuit connected to a bottom plate of the charge storage device. The control signal is output by an amplifier circuit connected to the current leakage mitigation circuit. The correction circuit samples the control signal, applies a filter to the control signal for to extracting a predefined frequency component, amplifies the filtered control signal, and applies the amplified control signal to the bottom plate of the current storage device.
Owner:RENESAS DESIGN (UK) LTD

Bias circuit, array substrate and detection equipment

The invention discloses a biasing circuit, an array substrate and detection equipment. The biasing circuit comprises a coupling module and an equivalent resistance module, the first end of the coupling module is connected with an input signal, and the second end of the coupling module serves as the output end of the biasing circuit; the first end of the equivalent resistance module is connected with the second end of the coupling module, the second end of the equivalent resistance module is connected with bias voltage, and the control end of the equivalent resistance module is connected with control voltage; wherein the equivalent resistance module comprises at least one transistor, and the control voltage is used for controlling the working state of the transistor in the equivalent resistance module and adjusting the resistance value of the transistor in the equivalent resistance module. According to the technical scheme, the use performance of the detection equipment is improved.
Owner:SUZHOU GUOXIAN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Packaging carrier and Doherty amplifier

The utility model discloses a packaging carrier and a Doherty amplifier comprising the packaging carrier. The packaging carrier comprises a first input interface and a second input interface, a first output interface and a second output interface; a substrate; the first transistor is located on the substrate, the control end of the first transistor is coupled to the first input interface, and the output end of the first transistor is coupled to the first output interface; the second transistor is located on the substrate, the control end of the second transistor is coupled to the second input interface, the output end of the second transistor is coupled to the second output interface, the first transistor comprises a silicon carbide-based transistor, and the second transistor comprises a silicon-based transistor; and the bias circuit is configured to provide corresponding bias voltages for the first transistor and the second transistor.
Owner:SUZHOU WATECH ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Amplifier bias compensation circuit

A bias compensation circuit includes a detection circuit comprising a diode-connected transistor circuit having a first terminal for receiving a first current and a second terminal; and a first diode circuit having a first terminal for receiving a second current and a second terminal; wherein the detection circuit provides a first voltage level based on the diode-connected transistor circuit and provides a second voltage level based on the first diode circuit; a voltage-to-current conversion circuit coupled to the detection circuit for generating a first reference current based on the first voltage level and the second voltage level; and a bias circuit coupled to the voltage-to-current conversion circuit for receiving the first reference current to provide a bias level based on the first reference current.
Owner:RICHWAVE TECH CORP

Display device and method of driving the same

A display device includes a display panel including a pixels, a timing controller configured to generate output control information based on an output timing of image data to be written to the pixels, and a plurality of amplifiers configured to output a target data voltage corresponding to the image data to output channels connected to the pixels. Each of the plurality of amplifiers includes one or more transistors configured to apply a preset rising current or falling current to an output node connected to one of the channels to output the target data voltage, and a compensation capacitance adjuster configured to adjust compensation capacitance of the output node according to the output control information.
Owner:LG DISPLAY CO LTD

Amplifier and operation method thereof

An amplifier comprises a signal input end, a signal output end, an amplifying circuit and at least one variable voltage generating circuit. The signal input end is used for receiving an input signal. The signal output end is used for outputting an amplified signal. A transistor of the amplifying circuit comprises a first end, a second end, a control end and a substrate end, the control end is coupled to the signal input end, the second end is coupled to the signal output end, and the connection state of the substrate end is a floating connection state. The at least one variable voltage generating circuit is coupled to the transistor of the amplifying circuit. During a transient period, a first voltage difference exists between the second end and the first end of the transistor, and during a steady state period, a second voltage difference exists. The first voltage difference is greater than the second voltage difference.
Owner:RICHWAVE TECH CORP

Reference voltage controlled equalization input data buffer circuit capable of automatically controlling power gain and providing equalization effect

A reference voltage controlled equalization input data buffer circuit includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a feedback signal generator, a reference voltage converter, a reference voltage multiplexing circuit, and a gain control unit. The first amplifier includes a first input terminal for receiving a data signal, a second input terminal for receiving a reference voltage, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal. The second amplifier is coupled to the first amplifier. The feedback signal generator is coupled to the second amplifier. The reference voltage converter is used for receiving the reference voltage. The reference voltage multiplexing circuit is coupled to the second amplifier and the reference voltage converter. The gain control unit is coupled to the feedback signal generator, the first output terminal of the first amplifier, the second output terminal of the first amplifier, and the reference voltage multiplexing circuit.
Owner:FUJIAN JINHUA INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CO LTD

Sensing and amplifying circuit related to a sensing margin

A sensing and amplifying circuit includes a driving voltage control circuit configured to control a voltage level of a driving voltage based on a surrounding temperature of the sensing and amplifying circuit, a delay control circuit configured to generate a line connection signal and an inverted line connection signal in response to a delay start signal by being supplied with the driving voltage, and a sense amplifier configured to perform a sensing and amplifying operation in response to the line connection signal and the inverted line connection signal. An interval between enable timing of the line connection signal and enable timing of the inverted line connection signal is adjusted as the surrounding temperature changes.
Owner:SK HYNIX INC

Low-noise short-offset transient electromagnetic receiving conditioning circuit and receiver

Disclosed are a low-noise, short-offset transient electromagnetic receiving conditioning circuit and a receiver. The conditioning circuit includes: a first power supply filtering circuit, a second power supply filtering circuit, an active filtering circuit, a power frequency noise suppression circuit, and a low-noise amplification circuit. The first and second power supply filtering circuits are used to filter the first and second power supplies, respectively, to reduce noise. The active filtering circuit is designed to filter out interference signals. The power frequency noise suppression circuit is used to eliminate power frequency noise. The low-noise amplification circuit includes an input-stage amplification circuit, an intermediate-stage amplification circuit, and an output-stage amplification circuit. The technical solution of this disclosure incorporates multiple filtering circuits to remove noise, thereby facilitating noise reduction.
Owner:INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Electronic package

An electronic package is provided. The electronic package includes an amplifier component, a control component, and a first circuit layer. The control component is disposed above the amplifier component. The first circuit layer is disposed between the amplifier component and the control component. The control component is configured to transmit a first signal to the amplifier component and to output a second signal amplified by the amplifier component.
Owner:ADVANCED SEMICON ENG INC

Dynamic amplifier

A dynamic amplifier includes a power supply circuit and first to fourth transistors. The power supply circuit is configured to provide power voltages. The first transistor is configured to be biased by a first auxiliary signal and to receive a first power voltage in the power voltages. The second transistor is configured to be biased by a second auxiliary signal and to receive the first power voltage. The third transistor is configured to receive the power voltages and generate a first output signal according to a first input signal. The fourth transistor is configured to receive the power voltages and generate a second output signal according to a second input signal, in which the third transistor is configured to receive the first power voltage via the first transistor, and the fourth transistor is configured to receive the first power voltage via the second transistor.
Owner:REALTEK SEMICON CORP

Gain control device, method and data amplification device using the same

A gain control device comprises a sign bit identification device and a gain determination device. The sign bit identification device is used to receive a data, identify a sign bit, and obtain a position of a time slot corresponding to the sign bit. Also, the data comprises a plurality of bits, wherein the most significant bit of the bits is designed to be a sign bit which is used to represent a positive or negative value of the data. The gain determination device is electrically connected to the sign bit identification device, and the gain determination device is used to determine a gain value for amplifying the data based on the position of the time slot corresponding to the sign bit identified through the sign bit identification device.
Owner:NUVOTON

Operational amplifier with built-in capacitance multiplier

The invention provides an operational amplifier with a built-in capacitance multiplier. The operational amplifier comprises an input transistor, a current mirror circuit and a capacitor. The input transistor generates an input current according to an input signal, and the current mirror circuit generates a current mirror output current at a current output terminal of the current mirror circuit according to a current mirror input current corresponding to the input current received by a current input terminal of the current mirror circuit. Wherein the current output terminal is coupled to an amplifier output terminal of the operational amplifier. Furthermore, a first terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the amplifier output terminal, and a second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the current input terminal, such that an equivalent capacitance value of the capacitor at the amplifier output terminal is multiplied by the current mirror circuit.
Owner:REALTEK SEMICON CORP

Spectrometer Amplifier Compensation

An ion detection current conversion circuit includes: a conversion amplifier coupled to a conversion resistor assembly to convert an ion detection current generated by an ion detector into an ion detection voltage, the conversion resistor assembly including a resistor with high resistance and a capacitor compensation element; and a compensation voltage circuit for obtaining a compensation voltage from the ion detection voltage and feeding the compensation voltage to the capacitor compensation element, the compensation voltage circuit including a variable resistor for adjusting the compensation voltage. The conversion circuit may further include: a voltage reduction circuit for obtaining a reduced voltage from the ion detection voltage; and a neutralization amplifier unit for at least partially neutralizing the voltage reduction of the voltage reduction circuit. The reduced voltage allows the use of low-voltage components, such as digital variable resistors.
Owner:THERMO FISHER SCI BREMEN

Source amplifier and source driver including same

A source amplifier includes: an input circuit for receiving an input signal from an input terminal and an output signal having a complementary relationship with the input signal, and outputting a first intermediate signal and a second intermediate signal to a first intermediate node and a second intermediate node, respectively, based on the input signal and the output signal; an amplifier for amplifying the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal to output a third intermediate signal and a fourth intermediate signal; an output circuit configured to output an output signal as a data voltage to an output terminal based on the third intermediate signal and the fourth intermediate signal; a compensator including a first capacitor connected between the output terminal and the first intermediate node, and a second capacitor connected between the output terminal and the second intermediate node; and a feed-forward circuit.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD +1

Enhanced current mirror for multiple supply voltages

An enhanced current mirror can be utilized to accurately control a bias current associated with an amplifier. A current controller component (CCC) can employ the enhanced current mirror and can be associated with the amplifier. The CCC can comprise a comparator that can compare an adjusted supply voltage level to a reference voltage level, the adjusted supply voltage level relating to a supply voltage level of a supply voltage supplied to the amplifier and CCC. The CCC can control switching of an operational state of a transistor of the comparator to switch in or out a resistance of a reference resistor component associated with the supply voltage, based on a result of the comparison of the adjusted supply voltage level to the reference voltage level, to facilitate accurately controlling an amount of bias current associated with the amplifier. The CCC and amplifier can be situated on the same die.
Owner:MACOM TECH SOLUTIONS HLDG INC

Feedforward circuitry system for direct ac-coupling and method for regulating voltage using thereof

A feedforward circuitry system for regulating voltage includes a voltage regulator for generating a regulated voltage, a bias generator operatively connected to the voltage regulator for generating a sub-threshold gate bias, a plurality of coupling capacitors, at least one of the coupling capacitors operatively connected to the bias generator for reading the sub-threshold gate bias and a feedforward amplifier operatively coupled with at least one of the coupling capacitors, characterized in that the plurality of coupling capacitors being configured to direct AC-couple an output transition of CMOS logic gates. A method for regulating voltage in a feedforward circuitry system through a direct AC-coupling is also provided.
Owner:SKYECHIP BERHAD

Spectrometer amplifier compensation

An ion detection current conversion circuit (153) comprises: - a conversion amplifier (152) coupled with a conversion resistor assembly for converting an ion detection current produced by an ion detector into an ion detection voltage, the conversion resistor assembly comprising a resistor (151) having a high resistance and a capacitive compensation element (157), and - a compensation voltage circuit (158) for deriving a compensation voltage (Vcomp) from the ion detection voltage (Vout) and feeding the compensation voltage to the capacitive compensation element (157), the compensation voltage circuit comprising a variable resistor (201) for adjusting the compensation voltage. The conversion circuit may further comprise a voltage reduction circuit (R15, R16, 220) for deriving a reduced voltage (Vred) from the ion detection voltage (Vout) and a neutralizing amplifier unit (211) for at least partially neutralizing the voltage reduction of the voltage reduction circuit. The reduced voltage allows low-voltage components, such as digital variable resistors, to be used.
Owner:THERMO FISHER SCI BREMEN

High-precision impedance measurement device

An impedance measurement device of the present disclosure includes: an electrochemical energy device; an amplifier connected to each connection terminal of the electrochemical energy device and configured to amplify a signal introduced into a wiring; and a main board configured to receive the signal from the amplifier and measure an impedance. Accordingly, the present invention has advantages in that high resistance to electromagnetic interference may be achieved by disposing a preamplifier close to a terminal of an electrochemical energy device to amplify only the signal without amplifying a noise introduced into a wiring.
Owner:MIN TECH

Bias supply circuit and amplifier circuit

A bias supply circuit includes a first inductor connected between a bias supply terminal that supplies a bias voltage to an amplifier and a power supply terminal connected to a power supply, a second inductor connected in series with the first inductor between the bias supply terminal and the power supply terminal and connected between the first inductor and the power supply terminal, a first capacitor shunt-connected to a first node between the first inductor and the second inductor, and a second capacitor shunt-connected to a second node between the second inductor and the power supply terminal.
Owner:SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS

Circuitry for and Methods of Gain Control

PendingUS20260128720A1Manually-operated gain controlSignal processingConvertersControl signal
An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a first input pin for receiving a first input signal; a first converter configured to convert the first input signal to a first output signal; a first gain stage configured to apply a first gain to the first output signal; gain update circuitry configured to: output a first external gain control signal to a first output pin of the IC; and subsequently output a first internal gain control signal to the first gain stage to update the first gain of the first gain stage, wherein output of the first internal gain control signal is delayed relative to output of the first external gain control signal by a first predetermined delay, the first predetermined delay to compensate for signal chain delay between the first input pin and the first gain stage.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INT SEMICON LTD

Low noise amplifiers with feedback for nanopore applications

Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods that can improve the SNR of nanopore measurements by mitigating the effect of parasitic capacitance between the sense electrode and the counter electrode. In some embodiments, a feedback circuit is used to inject a charge into the sense electrode to at least partially cancel the parasitic capacitance between the sense electrode and the counter electrode. In some embodiments, bootstrapping of a signal from the amplifier output or from the sense electrode is used to inject a charge on the counter electrode to substantially cancel the parasitic capacitance.
Owner:WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

Amplification circuit and control method thereof

An amplification circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a first path circuit and a second path circuit. The input terminal would receive an input signal. The output terminal would output an output signal corresponding to the input signal. The first path circuit includes a co-design circuit, an amplifier circuit, a second matching element, and an electrical overstress circuit. The co-design circuit includes a first matching element. A first terminal of the co-design circuit is coupled to the input terminal. The electrical overstress circuit and the second matching element are coupled to a second terminal of the co-design circuit. The amplifier circuit is coupled between the second terminal of the co-design circuit and the output terminal. The second path circuit is coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal. The co-design circuit provides a first impedance in a first mode and a second impedance in a second mode.
Owner:RICHWAVE TECH CORP

Frequency compensation in amplifiers with local-feedback buffer stages

Examples of circuits, amplifiers, and stages thereof are provided that improve amplifier stability margins while maintaining signal fidelity. Example structures include pre-driver circuitry; a compensation node exhibiting high impedance during operation; a feedforward driver coupled to the pre-driver circuitry; and first and second signal mirrors; and first and second output drivers, each having a control terminal. Example structures further include feedforward circuitry in which a first node thereof is coupled to the output of the feedforward driver, a second node thereof is coupled to the control terminal of the first output driver, and a third node thereof is coupled to the control terminal of the second output driver; and compensation circuitry in which a first node thereof is coupled to the compensation node, a second node thereof is coupled to a first internal node of the first signal mirror, and a third node thereof is coupled to a second internal node of the second signal mirror.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

Transimpedance amplifier having t-network feedback architecture and method thereof

A transimpedance amplifier system (TIA) for stabilizing high gain and high frequency signals while minimizing parasitic capacitance effects on the transimpedance amplifier system. The TIA includes an operational amplifier having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. The TIA also includes a signal generating device operatively connected with the first input terminal of the operational amplifier. The TIA also includes a T-network feedback architecture operatively connected with the operational amplifier at the first input terminal of the operational amplifier and the output terminal of the operational amplifier. The T-network feedback architecture has a first impedance network and a second impedance network. The T-network feedback architecture is configured to suppress parasitic capacitance from the transimpedance amplifier system.
Owner:BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANDELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC

Adaptive equalizer circuit and operating method thereof

The invention provides an adaptive equalizer circuit and an operation method thereof. The adaptive equalizer circuit includes an amplifier circuit and an adaptive circuit. The amplifier circuit is coupled to the adaptive circuit. The amplifier circuit receives an input signal. The amplifier circuit provides a compensation signal to the adaptive circuit based on an input signal. The adaptability circuit provides a compensation setpoint and a feedback signal to the amplifier circuit based on the compensation signal. A low-frequency response and a high-frequency gain of the amplifier circuit are adjusted based on the feedback signal and the compensation setpoint, respectively.
Owner:ASMEDIA TECHNOLOGY INC

Amplifier circuit

An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier, a detector and an adjustment circuit. The amplifier includes a first transistor and a bias voltage terminal. The first transistor includes a first terminal coupled to a first reference voltage terminal, a second terminal coupled to a second reference voltage terminal, and a control terminal coupled to the bias voltage terminal of the amplifier. The second transistor includes a first terminal coupled to a third reference voltage terminal and the detector, and a second terminal coupled to the second reference voltage terminal. The detector outputs a detection signal related to a characteristic parameter of the second transistor. The adjustment circuit is coupled to the detector and the bias voltage terminal of the amplifier for performing an adjustment operation according to the detection signal.
Owner:RICHWAVE TECH CORP

Modular partially redundant converter system with DC / DC converters connected in series at output side

The invention relates to a drive device (100) for driving an actuator (200) for actuating an optical element (310) of an optical system (4, 10), having an amplifier (110) which is configured to receive a supply voltage (V1) provided at an input node (K1) and to provide a drive voltage (V2) for the actuator (200) at an output node (K2), and a power supply device (120) coupled to the input node (K1) for providing a supply voltage (V1), the power supply device having a series circuit (130) which can be coupled between the input node (K1) and ground (GND2), the series circuit being composed of a plurality of N DC / DC converters (131-133), where N > = 2, for providing a respective DC voltage, and of a number M further DC / DC converters (141), where M > = 1, for providing a respective DC voltage. The further DC / DC converter may be connected in series with a series connection (130) for providing a DC voltage.
Owner:CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH

Circuitry for and Methods of Gain Control

Signal processing circuitry configured to receive an input signal and to output a processed output signal, wherein the signal processing circuitry is configured to: receive an indication of a temporal location of a transient in the input signal; and provide, in the processed output signal, a masking signal bridging the temporal location of the transient to mask the transient.
Owner:CIRRUS LOGIC INT SEMICON LTD

Method and apparatus for performing instrument-free calibration

An electronic device includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a test tone generator circuit used to generate a test tone signal during a calibration procedure. A first test signal output from the first integrated circuit is generated according to the test tone signal. The second integrated circuit includes a power detector circuit used to perform power detection upon a second test signal for generating a power detection value during the calibration procedure. The second test signal is derived from the first test signal, and calibration of at least one of the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit is based on the power detection value.
Owner:MEDIATEK INC