Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Current driver
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Wells, Kenneth B. (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Current driver
C330S288000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10943367
ABSTRACT:
An output stage circuit may include a sourcing driver device, a nonlinear local feedback loop having a feedback transistor and a first current mirror, a sinking driver device, and an output signal. The output stage circuit may actively and dynamically adjust the transconductance of the sourcing driver device by sensing its region of operation, and by sending a nonlinear feedback signal through the local feedback loop and the first current mirror. The nonlinear local feedback loop may be used for control and headroom compensation of the sourcing driver transistor to provide low distortion operation using a smaller size driver transistor.
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Marger & Johnson & McCollom, P.C.
Wells Kenneth B.
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