Differential amplifier
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorNobuhiro Odaira
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Abstract
A differential amplifier is provided. The differential amplifier includes: a differential input circuit, adjusting a second current and a third current flowing into the differential input circuit according to a first input voltage, a second input voltage, and a first current; a first current source circuit, generating the first current according to a first reference voltage; a current-mirror circuit, generating a fifth current according to a fourth current; a second current source circuit, generating a sixth current and a seventh current according to a second reference voltage; and an impedance circuit, coupled to the current-mirror circuit and a ground terminal, the differential amplifier having a low output voltage error.
Claims9
A differential amplifier, comprising:
- a differential input circuit, adjusting a second current and a third current flowing into the differential input circuit according to a first input voltage, a second input voltage, and a first current;
- a first current source circuit, coupled between the differential input circuit and a ground terminal, and generating the first current according to a first reference voltage and a third reference voltage;
- a current-mirror circuit, coupled between an output terminal and the ground terminal, and generating a fifth current according to a fourth current and the third reference voltage;
- a second current source circuit, coupled between a power terminal and the output terminal, and generating a sixth current and a seventh current according to a second reference voltage, a first part of the sixth current flowing into the differential input circuit and forming the second current, a second part of the sixth current flowing into the output terminal, a first part of the seventh current flowing into the differential input circuit and forming the third current, a second part of the seventh current flowing into the current-mirror circuit and forming the fourth current;
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- an impedance circuit, coupled between the current-mirror circuit and the ground terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.