Extended bandwidth amplifier and oscillator using positive current feedback through inductive load
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1. An extended bandwidth active circuit device, comprising:
- at least two inductors, each inductor having an inductance, a first terminal, and a second terminal, each first terminal thereof in common electrical communication;
a plurality of active circuit elements, each of said active circuit elements having a first terminal and a second terminal, at least a first pair of active circuit elements and a second pair of active circuit elements configured to conduct mutually in-phase current components; and
two summing nodes, each summing node having an electrical connection to a first terminal of one member of said first pair of active circuit elements and a first terminal of one member of said second pair of active circuit elements, said electrical connection configured so that said in-phase current components sum at said summing nodes, each of said summing nodes in electrical communication with a respective one of said second terminals of said inductors;
whereby, when said in-phase current components sum and flow through said two inductors, said extended bandwidth active circuit device provides inductive peaking.
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Abstract
Circuit topologies that provide extended bandwidth of operation are disclosed. The circuits have two stages that share inductors, in which in-phase current components sum at a summing node and flow together, increasing the magnitude of the current in the inductors. The inductive peaking exhibited by the circuits is increased without using excessively large inductors.
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1. An extended bandwidth active circuit device, comprising:
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at least two inductors, each inductor having an inductance, a first terminal, and a second terminal, each first terminal thereof in common electrical communication; a plurality of active circuit elements, each of said active circuit elements having a first terminal and a second terminal, at least a first pair of active circuit elements and a second pair of active circuit elements configured to conduct mutually in-phase current components; and two summing nodes, each summing node having an electrical connection to a first terminal of one member of said first pair of active circuit elements and a first terminal of one member of said second pair of active circuit elements, said electrical connection configured so that said in-phase current components sum at said summing nodes, each of said summing nodes in electrical communication with a respective one of said second terminals of said inductors; whereby, when said in-phase current components sum and flow through said two inductors, said extended bandwidth active circuit device provides inductive peaking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An extended bandwidth active circuit device, comprising:
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at least two inductors, each inductor having an inductance, a first terminal, and a second terminal, each first terminal thereof in common electrical communication; a plurality of active circuit elements, each of said active circuit elements having a first terminal and a second terminal, at least first, second and third active circuit elements, of which said first and said second active circuit elements are configured to conduct mutually in-phase current components and said third active circuit element is configured to conduct a common return current substantially equal to a sum of said in-phase current components, said third active circuit element having a terminal in electrical communication with a selected one of said second terminals of said inductors; at least one summing node having an electrical connection to a first terminal of said first active circuit element and a first terminal of said second active circuit element, said electrical connection configured so that said in-phase current components sum at said summing node, said at least one summing node in electrical communication with another one of said second terminals of said inductors; whereby, when said in-phase current components sum and flow through said two inductors, said extended bandwidth active circuit device provides inductive peaking. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of providing inductive peaking in an extended bandwidth active circuit device, comprising the steps of:
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generating in a circuit having at least two active circuit elements at least two currents having mutually in-phase current components; summing said at least two in-phase current components at a summing node to generate a summed current component; and applying said summed current component to at least one inductor, said at least one inductor having an inductance; whereby, when said in-phase current components sum and flow through said at least one inductor, inductive peaking is provided in said extended bandwidth active circuit device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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