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Common mode control circuit for a switchable fully differential Op-AMP

US5973537A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1997
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45421
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In switch-capacitor systems for extremely low supply voltage, employing a fully differential switched op-amp, proper functioning of nMOS switches coupled to the inverting input node of an integrated stage capable of outputting a common mode control signal is made possible by retaining the ground potential on the input node to prevent body effects on the threshold of nMOS switches by means of an auxiliary switched capacitor.

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