Single-ended cascode amplifier for magnetoresistive sensors

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360 46, G11B 502, G11B 509

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a magnetoresistive element amplifier circuit for amplifying signals produced by a magnetoresistive element. The amplifier circuit includes a gain setting resistor and a first and second transistor. The first transistor has a pair of controlled terminals connected between first and second supply terminals and in series with the magnetoresistive element. The second transistor is connected to the first transistor in a cascode configuration. The second transistor has a pair of controlled terminals connected between the first and second supply terminals and in series with the gain setting resistor. The magnetoresistive element is in a separate DC current path from the gain setting resistor. The first and second transistors provide small signal current through the gain setting resistor for producing gain adjusted output signals.

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patent: 4706138 (1987-11-01), Jove et al.
patent: 5270882 (1993-12-01), Jove et al.
Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits by P. Grey and R. Meyer, pp. 412 through 421, copyright 1977, printed in U.S.A.

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