Signal samplers and buffers with enhanced linearity

Details Signal samplers and buffers with enhanced linearity Signal samplers and buffers with enhanced linearity

2006-10-10

2006-10-10

Ton, My-Trang Nu (Department: 2816)

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific signal discriminating without subsequent control

By amplitude

C330S311000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07119584

ABSTRACT:
The invention recognizes that sampler linearity is degraded because transfer voltage across a sampler's buffer varies with amplitude of the analog signal being sampled. Because this transfer voltage is in the signal path it modulates the signal and distorts the resulting sample. In the invention, sampler embodiments are provided which include replica current generators that provide and route sample currents to sample capacitors so that an associated buffer transistor can transfer a faithful copy of the analog signal's potential to the sample capacitor and thereby significantly enhance the sampler's linearity. The replica current generators generally include a replica load that mimics the sample load driven by the buffer transistor.

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