Differential amplifier with gain compensation
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1. A gain-compensated differential amplifier circuit comprising:
- (a) a transistor differential amplifier, with reasonably matched current gains, operating at a tail current Itail ;
(b) a transistor current source responsive to a control voltage for generating said tail current as a function of the control voltage;
(c) control voltage generating means for generating, as the control voltage, a voltage which varies proportionately to absolute temperature; and
(d) the control voltage generating means including means for functionally relating the control voltage to the intrinsic emitter resistance of the current source.
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Abstract
A differential amplifier including circuit means for generating a tail current which is not only porportional to absolute temperature, but also is adjusted to compensate for the non-ideal transistor geometries and properties, including finite beta and non-zero, temperature-dependent intrinsic resistances, so as to result in an amplification ratio which is substantially independent of all component variations.
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1. A gain-compensated differential amplifier circuit comprising:
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(a) a transistor differential amplifier, with reasonably matched current gains, operating at a tail current Itail ; (b) a transistor current source responsive to a control voltage for generating said tail current as a function of the control voltage; (c) control voltage generating means for generating, as the control voltage, a voltage which varies proportionately to absolute temperature; and (d) the control voltage generating means including means for functionally relating the control voltage to the intrinsic emitter resistance of the current source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A gain-compensated differential amplifier circuit comprising:
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(a) a transistor differential amplifier, with reasonably matched current gains, operating at a tail current Itail ; (b) a current source responsive to a control voltage for generating said tail current as a function of the control voltage; (c) control voltage generating means for generating, as the control voltage, a voltage which varies proportionately to absolute temperature, and which is provided by a Δ
VBE cell; and(d) the Δ
VBE cell including means for functionally relating the control voltage to the intrinsic emitter resistance of the current source. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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