Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – Unwanted signal suppression
Patent
1995-06-07
2000-01-04
Callahan, Timothy P.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
Unwanted signal suppression
327552, 327563, 327551, 330305, H03K 500
Patent
active
060114312
ABSTRACT:
An operational amplifier connected in a voltage follwer configuration includes a variable current source in the input stage to vary the transconductance of the differential pair of transistors that form the input stage of the op-amp. A first filter pole is formed by the transconductance of the differential pair of transistors and the capacitance of a compensation capacitor used to internally compensate the op-amp. A pair of cascode transistors are connected in series with the differential pair of transistors and a cascode capacitor is coupled between the pair of cascode transistors so that a second filter pole is formed having a corner frequency that is a function of the transconductance of the pair of cascode transistors and the capacitance of the cascode capacitor. This second pole tracks with the first pole because the same current flows through the cascode transistors as through the differential pair of transistors. Additional poles are added by inserting additional pairs of cascode transistors and associated cascode capacitors in a similar manner. Thus, the invention forms a tunable N-pole filter.
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Analog Devices Inc.
Callahan Timothy P.
Le Dinh T.
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