序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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61 | ISOLATION CIRCUIT | US15990571 | 2018-05-25 | US20180342989A1 | 2018-11-29 | Zhiwei DONG |
An isolation circuit and a method for providing isolation between two dies are provided. The isolation circuit includes: an isolation module, configured to generate an isolation signal based on an input signal from a first die and to provide isolation between the first die and a second die, where the isolation signal is smaller than the input signal in amplitude, and the first die is coupled with the second die; a latch module, configured to latch the isolation signal at a certain level and output a latched signal; an amplifier module, configured to amplify the latched signal. In the isolation circuit, a modulation module and a demodulation module can be saved. | ||||||
62 | POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE, TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME, AND BASE STATION HAVING THE SAME | US15862213 | 2018-01-04 | US20180323754A1 | 2018-11-08 | Jihoon KIM; Bumman KIM; Kyunghoon MOON; Seokwon LEE; Daechul JEONG; Byungjoon PARK; Juho SON |
The method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The method includes intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The system includes a power amplification device capable of minimizing the effect of envelope impedance. The power amplification device may be incorporated in a terminal and a base station. | ||||||
63 | Ripple reduction method for chopper amplifiers | US15430139 | 2017-02-10 | US10097146B2 | 2018-10-09 | Matei Nicolae Stan; Pavel-Viorel Brinzoi |
An electrical circuit comprising a modulating chopper configured to receive a differential input signal at a first frequency and modulate the differential input signal to a second frequency to form a modulated differential signal, a null amplifier coupled to the modulating chopper and configured to amplify the modulated differential signal to form an amplifier output, wherein amplifying the modulated differential signal causes a ripple in the amplifier output, a demodulating chopper coupled to the null amplifier and configured to demodulate the amplifier output to form a demodulated differential signal having a first portion at the first frequency and a second portion at a third frequency, an integrator coupled to the demodulating chopper and configured to integrate the demodulated differential signal to form an integrated differential signal, and an attenuator coupled to the integrator and configured to attenuate the integrated differential signal to compensate for at least part of the ripple. | ||||||
64 | Switched-capacitor bandgap reference circuit using chopping technique | US15335367 | 2016-10-26 | US10082819B2 | 2018-09-25 | Weiwei Xu; Prasanna Upadhyaya; Norman Liu; Xiaoyue Wang |
A method includes providing a first voltage to a first output node during a first time interval, providing a second voltage to the first output node during a second time interval, and averaging the first and second voltages to provide a reference voltage to a second output node. The first voltage includes a proportional-to-absolute-temperature (PTAT) component, a complementary-to-absolute-temperature (CTAT) component, and a first residual offset component. The second voltage includes the PTAT component, the CTAT component, and a second residual offset component. An apparatus includes a discrete-time circuit to provide the first voltage to the first output node during the first time interval and to provide the second voltage to the first output node during the second time interval, and a filter to average the first and second voltages to provide the reference voltage to the second output node. | ||||||
65 | Ripple reduction filter for chopped amplifiers | US15467417 | 2017-03-23 | US10003306B1 | 2018-06-19 | Tony Ray Larson; Dimitar Trifonov Trifonov; Biraja Prasad Dash |
Embodiments relate to a chopped amplifier system where a ripple reduction filter placed outside of a main signal path is disclosed. The chopped amplifier system includes a chopped amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, where the input terminal receives an input signal and the output terminal provides an output signal including a ripple that is based on an offset voltage of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter is placed in a feedback loop path that receives a portion of the chopped amplifier's output signal and provides a feedback signal to the chopped amplifier that reduces the ripple at the output of the chopped amplifier. The ripple reduction filter includes a digital controller and other circuits that can handle large disturbances such as large signal slew rate events and large common-mode steps without reducing the effectiveness of the ripple reduction filter in reducing the ripple. | ||||||
66 | Gated CDS integrator | US14847907 | 2015-09-08 | US09985594B2 | 2018-05-29 | Gerard T. Quilligan; Shahid Aslam |
A Gated CDS Integrator (GCI) may amplify low-level signals without introducing excessive offset and noise. The GCI may also amplify the low level signals with accurate and variable gain. The GCI may include a modulator preceding a linear amplifier such that offset or noise present in a signal path between the modulator and a demodulator input is translated to a higher out of band frequency. | ||||||
67 | SINGLE-ENDED AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH IMPROVED CHOPPER CONFIGURATION | US15603004 | 2017-05-23 | US20180123524A1 | 2018-05-03 | Stefano Polesel; Germano Nicollini |
An amplifier circuit a differential input stage coupled to a first input and to a second input between which a differential input voltage is present. A converter stage is coupled to the input stage to convert the differential input voltage into a converted voltage. An output stage is coupled to the converter stage and generates, starting from the converted voltage, an output voltage on a single output of the amplifier circuit. A biasing stage is coupled to the input stage and to the output stage to supply a biasing current. A chopper module reduces a contribution of offset and noise associated with the output voltage. The chopper module is coupled to the input stage, converter stage, and to the biasing stage. The chopper module includes an input chopper stage, a converter chopper stage, and a biasing chopper stage that operate jointly under control of a chopper signal. | ||||||
68 | FAST SETTLING CAPACITIVE GAIN AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT | US15600542 | 2017-05-19 | US20180076780A1 | 2018-03-15 | Hanqing Wang; Gerard Mora-Puchalt |
A capacitive gain amplifier circuit amplifies an input signal by a pair of differential amplifier circuits couples in series. The first differential amplifier circuit is reset during an autozero phase while disconnected from the second differential amplifier circuit, and the first and second differential amplifier circuits are connected together in series during a chop phase. A set of feedback capacitors is selectively switched in between respective outputs of the second differential amplifier circuit and respective inputs of the first differential amplifier circuit during the chop phase. | ||||||
69 | Chopper stabilized amplifier with synchronous switched capacitor noise filtering | US15276002 | 2016-09-26 | US09698741B2 | 2017-07-04 | Eric Blom |
A chopper stabilzed amplifier with synchronous switched capacitor noise filtering is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a chopper amplifier having an input that receives an input signal and an output that outputs an amplified signal. The chopper amplifier includes an input chopping circuit and an output chopping circuit, where the input and output chopping circuits operate in response to a chop clock. The apparatus also includes a switched capacitor filter having an input that receives the amplified signal and an output that outputs a filtered signal. The switched capacitor filter operates in response to a filter clock. The apparatus also includes a filter timing adjuster that receives a reference voltage and adjusts a phase of the filter clock with respect to the chop clock to reduce chopper noise on that reference voltage. | ||||||
70 | Chopper stabilized amplifier with synchronous switched capacitor noise filtering | US14852921 | 2015-09-14 | US09473074B1 | 2016-10-18 | Eric Blom |
A chopper stabilized amplifier with synchronous switched capacitor noise filtering is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a chopper amplifier having an input that receives an input signal and an output that outputs an amplified signal. The chopper amplifier includes an input chopping circuit and an output chopping circuit, where the input and output chopping circuits operate in response to a chop clock. The apparatus also includes a switched capacitor filter having an input that receives the amplified signal and an output that outputs a filtered signal. The switched capacitor filter operates in response to a filter clock. The apparatus also includes a filter timing adjuster that receives a reference voltage and adjusts a phase of the filter clock with respect to the chop clock to reduce chopper noise on that reference voltage. | ||||||
71 | HOT-SWAP CURRENT-SENSING SYSTEM | US14965588 | 2015-12-10 | US20160173041A1 | 2016-06-16 | SUDHEER PRASAD |
One example includes a hot-swap control system. The system includes a sense resistor network provides a sense voltage in response to an output current. The system also includes a sense control circuit includes a chopper amplifier system arranged in a servo feedback arrangement to generate a monitoring voltage having an amplitude that is associated with the output current based on the sense voltage. A notch filter chopping stage filters out signal ripple in the chopper amplifier system across a unity-gain bandwidth of the chopper amplifier system, and a capacitive compensation network provides stability-compensation of the chopper amplifier system across the unity-gain bandwidth. A transconductance amplifier configured to compare the monitoring voltage with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a control voltage. The system further includes a power transistor configured to conduct the output current to an output based on the control voltage. | ||||||
72 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, RESOLVER DIGITAL CONVERTER, AND MULTIPATH NESTED MIRROR AMPLIFIER | US14827519 | 2015-08-17 | US20150357980A1 | 2015-12-10 | Yoshihiro FUNATO; Toshio KUMAMOTO; Tomoaki YOSHIZAWA; Kazuaki KUROOKA |
A signal processing circuit includes a chopper amplifier that has a differential amplifier circuit that amplifies differential input signals Vsp(t) and Vsm(t), and an adder circuit that generates an addition signal Vfil(t) by addition of the chopper output signal Vsub(t) that the chopper amplifier generates. Differential signals inputted into the differential amplifier circuit are interchanged for every first phase period and second phase period, and the adder circuit generates the addition signal by addition of the chopper output signal in the first phase period and in the second phase period. | ||||||
73 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER | US14648775 | 2013-12-03 | US20150357979A1 | 2015-12-10 | SHINICHI OUCHI |
There is provided an operational amplifier which is operable as well when an operating voltage decreases without creating a range where a circuit would not operate or reducing circuit gain. High-pass filters 102-105 provide output signals therefrom to bias-set input nodes of differential amplifiers Gm1-Gm4 to a potential within a common-mode range in which the respective differential amplifiers Gm1-Gm4 are operable. In this manner, the respective differential amplifiers Gm1-Gm4 can be operated effectively regardless of the possible decrease in a supply voltage, enabling normal amplifying operation. In addition, reduction in gain due to the reduced operational voltage is avoided. Therefore, it is preferably applicable to the application where digital and analog circuits are loaded together on the same IC chip. When a high-pass filter is required at each input side of two- or more-stage differential amplifiers, a phase compensation method utilizing multiple paths is provided for a lower range of a phase margin created at the low frequency side, enabling normal amplitude operation. | ||||||
74 | Integrated amplifier for driving acoustic transducers | US13808604 | 2011-08-02 | US09054646B2 | 2015-06-09 | Germano Nicollini; Federico Guanziroli; Massimo Orio; Carlo Pinna |
The invention relates to an electronic integrated amplifier for driving an acoustic transducer. The amplifier comprises two differential input terminals to receive an input signal and a first and a second output terminal to provide an output signal to the transducer. In addition, the amplifier comprises an operational amplifier having an input end including differential inputs and an output end operatively associated with the first and second output terminals. A pair of input resistors connect the two differential input terminals to two intermediate terminals, respectively. A pair of feedback resistors connect the first and second output terminals to the two intermediate terminals, respectively. The integrated amplifier also comprises means for high-pass filtering the input signal. Such filtering means is characterized in that it comprises an input element interposed between said intermediate terminals and the input end of the operational amplifier, and a feedback element connected between the input end and the output end of the same operational amplifier. | ||||||
75 | CHOPPER-STABILIZED INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER FOR IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT | US12872552 | 2010-08-31 | US20100327887A1 | 2010-12-30 | Timothy J. Denison; Wesley A. Santa |
In general, this disclosure is directed to a mixer amplifier that can be utilized within a chopper stabilized instrumentation amplifier. The chopper stabilized instrumentation amplifier may be used for physiological signal sensing, impedance sensing, telemetry or other test and measurement applications. In some examples, the mixer amplifier may include a current source configured to generate a modulated current at a modulation frequency for application to a load to produce an input signal, an amplifier configured to amplify the input signal to produce an amplified signal, and a demodulator configured to demodulate the amplified signal at the modulation frequency to produce an output signal indicating an impedance of the load. | ||||||
76 | Transformer-capacitor enhancement circuitry for power amplifiers | US11912732 | 2006-04-27 | US07710203B2 | 2010-05-04 | Israel Bar-David; Alexander Veinblat |
Circuitry for providing improved pulse-type enhancement of the voltage supplied to a power amplifier (101) that is fed by a power supply that is connected to the power amplifier (101) at a feeding point through a main supply path that is connected via an inductor (L1). A second feeding point is used for enhancement by a capacitor that is discharged. A transformer L2, L3, M) is formed by mutually coupling an additional inductor (L3), through which an additional supply path is connected. Enhancement power is provided partially through the transformer L2, L3, M) and the remaining part thorough the capacitor (C1). This way, the total level of possible enhancement is increased, while minimizing distortion of the envelope of the amplified RF signal. | ||||||
77 | SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS | US12270692 | 2008-11-13 | US20090128237A1 | 2009-05-21 | Brian E. Attwood; Wilson E. Taylor; Larry E. Hand |
Systems and methods implemented in a switching amplifier for providing consistent, matching switching between top and bottom switching devices in a switching amplifier. One embodiment includes a half-bridge circuit output stage, a driver stage and a transformer. The driver stage, which drives the switches of the output stage, is very fast, has a low propagation delay, and has minimal input capacitance. The transformer drives the drive paths from the transformer inputs to the switches. The transformer avoids resonances within the audio band and at the amplifier switching frequencies, has low and spread free leakage inductance, has enough magnetizing inductance to keep transformer currents low in proportion to the total driver stage current drain, has low core losses at the switching frequency, has minimal inductance change and operates well below its saturation point. The amplifier stage provides a substantially constant amplitude drive signal to the output power switching devices. | ||||||
78 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD FOR CALIBRATING DC OFFSET | US12060849 | 2008-04-01 | US20080238538A1 | 2008-10-02 | Pei-Ju Chiu; Chia-Jun Chang; Chao-Cheng Lee |
A receiving device includes a mixer, an AC coupling circuit, a post-stage circuit, and a DC offset calibration circuit. The mixer is utilized for mixing an input signal with a local oscillating (LO) signal from an oscillator to generate a converted signal. The AC coupling circuit is coupled to the mixer and utilized for reducing at least one portion of DC offset of the converted signal to generate a filtered signal. The post-stage circuit is coupled to the AC coupling circuit and utilized for processing the filtered signal to generate an output signal. The DC offset calibration circuit is coupled to the post-stage circuit and utilized for providing at least a compensation current for the post-stage circuit to reduce DC offset of the output signal. | ||||||
79 | High power high impedance microwave devices for power applications | US263853 | 1999-03-08 | US6137367A | 2000-10-24 | Amin Ezzedine; Ho C. Huang |
Simplified, efficient multiple-transistor power amplifiers provide high power and high impedance while avoiding the use of RF power divider and combiner circuits.The input signal is directly applied to a first transistor, amplified, and supplied to the succeeding transistor, and so on, for amplification in series. Feedback is provided between the drain of the last transistor and the gates of all the transistors. Series connection of the transistors allows their power outputs and their output impedances to be summed, such that no RF output combiner is required.In a first high voltage embodiment of the amplifier of the invention, e.g., as used for satellite transmission, bias voltage is provided in series.In a second low voltage embodiment, suitable for use in cordless telephones and other battery-powered equipment, bias voltage V.sub.ds is provided separately across the drain and source terminals of each transistor, through paired chokes. | ||||||
80 | Chopper amplifier | EP14164784.2 | 2014-04-15 | EP2797230A3 | 2015-01-21 | Nagashisa, Takeshi |
A chopper amplifier includes a chopper modulator to modulate a certain detection signal and a bias voltage by a certain control signal and output a chopper modulation signal, a first differential amplifier to differentially amplify the chopper modulation signal from the chopper modulator and output a differential modulation signal, a chopper demodulator to demodulate the differential modulation signal from the first differential amplifier by the control signal and output a demodulation signal, a second differential amplifier to extract a detection signal component from the demodulation signal, and a plurality of filters connected at an input terminal of the second differential amplifier and having different cutoff frequencies from each other relative to the demodulation signal. |