Amplifiers – With semiconductor amplifying device – Including field effect transistor
Patent
1986-05-02
1988-05-10
Mullins, James B.
Amplifiers
With semiconductor amplifying device
Including field effect transistor
330253, 330257, 330288, 330311, H03F 316
Patent
active
047438622
ABSTRACT:
A JFET current mirror is employed in the voltage level shifting section of an operational amplifier. The JFET current mirror includes a first and second JFET coupled at their gates for conducting current I1 and I2 respectively. The gate of a third JFET is connected to the drain of the first JFET and the source of the third JFET is connected by a plurality of diodes to the gate of the first JFET. Current flowing through the diodes produces a voltage drop across the diodes sufficient to bias the first JFET into saturation so that I2 will track I1. A fixed resistance R in the path of I2 produces a predetermined voltage level shift provided that I1 is constant. Therefore, a voltage applied to one terminal of R is level shifted by a predetermined voltage with respect to the other terminal of R. The voltage shifted output is then coupled to an internal amplifier section and the output buffer section of the operational amplifier.
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Anadigics Inc.
Mullins James B.
Woodbridge Richard C.
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