Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor device comprising a two-stage differential amplifier

US5389891A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
2References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1992
Grant dateFeb 14, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45702
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device comprises a two-stage differential amplifier, the amplifier comprising a first differential transistor pair whose transistors are coupled by their source electrodes and each receive an input signal, and a second differential transistor pair whose transistors are coupled by their source electrodes, each of these transistors receive the output of one of the branches of the first differential pair, and each supply an output. In the amplifier each branch of the second differential pair is arranged in series with a branch of the first differential pair so as to form two sub-circuits each including a transistor of the first pair with its load and a transistor of the second pair with its load in a manner such that the two transistors of each sub-circuit share the same current.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.