Comparator circuit

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1998-04-07

1999-10-19

Tran, Toan

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control

By amplitude

327 65, 330 85, H03K 522

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059695463

ABSTRACT:
In a comparator circuit comprised of a feedback amplifier and a differential amplifier AMP1, the feedback amplifier includes input transistors Tr1 to Tr4. Gates of the transistors Tr1 and Tr2 are respectively inputted with first and second inverted inputs, and gates of the transistors Tr3 and Tr4 are inputted with first and second non-inverted inputs. First ends of current paths of the transistors Tr3 and Tr4 are connected in common, and ends of current paths of transistors Tr1 and Tr2 are connected in common. Second ends of the current paths of the transistors Tr1 to Tr4 are connected in common to a constant current source. The first and second inverted inputs are supplied with a reference voltage, and the first and second non-inverted inputs are respectively supplied with the non-inverted and inverted outputs of the differential amplifier AMP1. A signal from a connection point common to the first ends of the current paths of the transistors Tr3 and Tr4 is supplied as a feedback output to the differential amplifier AMP1 to control operation of the differential amplifier AMP1. The timing when feedback is performed to stabilize the operating point of the differential amplifier AMP1 is the timing when the non-inverted and inverted outputs of the differential amplifier AMP1 have a small potential difference therebetween or are substantially equal to each other.

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