Differential amplifier with capacitive coupling
First Claim
1. An amplifier comprising:
- a single differential amplifier having an inverting and a non-inverting input as well as a non-inverting and an inverting output, the inverting and the non-inverting input being coupled via a first and a second capacitor to an inverting and a non-inverting input terminal, respectively, and the non-inverting and the inverting output being coupled to a non-inverting and an inverting output terminal, respectively, the inverting and the non-inverting input terminals being coupled via a first and a second feedback resistor to the non-inverting and the inverting output of the differential amplifier, respectively, characterized in that the amplifier comprises a third and a fourth capacitor connected in series with the first and the second feedback resistor, respectively, between the inverting and the non-inverting input terminals and the non-inverting and the inverting output.
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Abstract
A differential amplifier of the cascode type includes a differential stage having a first (T1) and a second (T2) transistor, whose emitters are connected to a first (I1) and a second (I2) current source, respectively, and are connected to each other through a first resistor (R12). The collectors of the first and second transistors are connected to an active load constituted by the collector-emitter path of a third (T3) and a fourth (T4) transistor, respectively, in series with a second (R3) and a third (R4) resistor, respectively, of which one terminal is connected to a supply voltage source. The third and fourth transistors have their bases connected to a reference voltage source. The base of the first and second transistor are connected through a first (C1) and a second C'"'"'1) capacitor to a current generator equivalent to a voltage source in parallel with an impedance. In order to improve the current coupling at the input of the amplifier in the case where the impedance is not a self-impedance, a third (C2) and a fourth (C'"'"'2) capacitor are arranged in series with a first (R51) and a second (R61) negative feedback resistor, respectively, between the current generator and a first and a second output, respectively, of the amplifier.
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1. An amplifier comprising:
- a single differential amplifier having an inverting and a non-inverting input as well as a non-inverting and an inverting output, the inverting and the non-inverting input being coupled via a first and a second capacitor to an inverting and a non-inverting input terminal, respectively, and the non-inverting and the inverting output being coupled to a non-inverting and an inverting output terminal, respectively, the inverting and the non-inverting input terminals being coupled via a first and a second feedback resistor to the non-inverting and the inverting output of the differential amplifier, respectively, characterized in that the amplifier comprises a third and a fourth capacitor connected in series with the first and the second feedback resistor, respectively, between the inverting and the non-inverting input terminals and the non-inverting and the inverting output.
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2. An amplifier comprising:
- a differential stage having a first and a second input as well as a first and a second output, the first and the second input being coupled through a first and a second capacitor to a first and a second input terminal, respectively, and the first and the second output being coupled to a first and a second output terminal, respectively, the input terminals being coupled through a first and a second feedback resistor to the output terminals, and a third and a fourth capacitor connected in series with the first and the second feedback resistor, respectively, between the input terminals and the output terminals, characterized in that the differntial stage is of the cascode type and comprises a first and a second transistor, whose emitters are coupled to a first and a second current source, respectively, and are coupled to each other via a third resistor, and whose collectors are coupled to a supply voltage terminal via an active load including the collector-emitter paths of a third and a fourth transistor, respectively, in series with a fourth and a fifth resistor, respectively, the third and fourth transistors having their bases coupled to a reference voltage terminal.
- View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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5. An amplifier comprising:
- a differential stage having a first and a second input as well as a first and a second output, the first and the second input being coupled through a first and a second capacitor to a first and a second input terminal, respectively, and the first and the second output being coupled to a first and a second output terminal, respecitively, the input terminals being coupled through a first and a second feedback resistor to the output terminals, and a third and a fourth capacitor connected in series with the first and the second feedback resistor, respectively, between the input terminals and the output terminals, and wherein the value of each of the first, second, third and fourth capacitors is chosen such that the differential input impedance of the amplifier has a reactive part which does not exceed 15% of the impedance in the whole range of operting frequencies of the amplifier.
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