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US 11,012,041 B2Granted
Differential amplifier circuit
AssigneeAblic Inc.
InventorsHideyuki Sawai, Tsutomu Tomioka, Tadakatsu Kuroda
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Abstract
A differential amplifier circuit includes a first input transistor that receives a signal supplied from the first input terminal via a gate thereof, a second input transistor that receives a signal supplied from the second input terminal via a gate thereof, and an offset voltage adjustment circuit that is connected to at least one between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor and between the second input terminal and the gate of the second input transistor.
Claims4
A differential amplifier circuit comprising:
- a first input terminal;
- a second input terminal;
- a first input transistor containing a gate to receive a first signal supplied from the first input terminal via the gate thereof;
- a second input transistor containing a gate to receive a second signal supplied from the second input terminal via the gate thereof;
- and
- an offset voltage adjustment circuit connected to at least one of between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor and between the second input terminal and the gate of the second input transistor, the offset voltage adjustment circuit adjusting an offset voltage of the input transistors depending on a generated adjustment voltage,
- wherein the offset voltage adjustment circuit includes a first variable resistance circuit containing a plurality of resistances serially connected between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor, and a first current source connected to a connection point between the first variable resistance circuit and the gate of the first input transistor, and
- wherein the first current source is configured to supply a current to flow into the first variable resistance circuit and to generate the adjustment voltage.
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A differential amplifier circuit comprising:
- a first input terminal;
- a second input terminal;
- a first input transistor containing a gate to receive a first signal supplied from the first input terminal via the gate thereof;
- a second input transistor containing a gate to receive a second signal supplied from the second input terminal via the gate thereof;
- and
- an offset voltage adjustment circuit connected to at least one of between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor and between the second input terminal and the gate of the second input transistor, the offset voltage adjustment circuit adjusting an offset voltage of the input transistors depending on a generated adjustment voltage,
- wherein the offset voltage adjustment circuit includes a first resistance connected between the first input terminal and the gate of the first input transistor and a first variable current source connected between the first resistance and the gate of the first input transistor, and
- wherein the first variable current source is configured to supply a current to flow into the first resistance and to generate the adjustment voltage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.