Single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorJason Anthony Greenslade
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Abstract
A single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus is provided, which can cope with an external ground current and an undefined impedance through an AC bootstrap input impedance, while considering electromagnetic compatibility, convert a received single-ended analog signal into a balanced output differential signal, and may provide at a post-stage circuit output an output signal with lower noise through common mode rejection.
Claims14
A single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus for receiving a single-ended analog signal from an input signal terminal and outputting an output signal relative to a local ground terminal at an output terminal, the single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus comprising:
- a buffer gain unit comprising:
- a first buffer gain input terminal and a second buffer gain input terminal;
- a first buffer gain output terminal and a second buffer gain output terminal,
- a first bias resistor and a second bias resistor connected in series between the first buffer gain input terminal and the second buffer gain input terminal of the buffer gain unit;
- a third bias resistor connected between a node between the first bias resistor and the second bias resistor and the local ground terminal;
- a fourth bias resistor connected between the input signal terminal of the single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus and the first buffer gain input terminal of the buffer gain unit;
- a fifth bias resistor connected between an input reference terminal of the single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus and the second buffer gain input terminal of the buffer gain unit;
- a sixth bias resistor and a seventh bias resistor connected in series between the first buffer gain output terminal and the second buffer gain output terminal of the buffer gain unit;
- a unity-gain amplifier unit comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal of the unity-gain amplifier unit is connected to a node between the sixth and seventh bias resistors;
- a first capacitor connected between the output terminal of the unity-gain amplifier unit and a node between the first, second, and third bias resistors, the first capacitor being sized to have an impedance less than a resistance value of the third bias resistor at a frequency higher than a first predetermined frequency;
- a second capacitor and a third capacitor connected in series between the input signal terminal and the input reference terminal of the unity-gain amplifier unit;
- a fourth capacitor connected between a node between the second capacitor and the third capacitor and the local ground terminal;
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- an eighth bias resistor connected between the output terminal of the unity-gain amplifier unit and a node between the second, third, and fourth capacitors, the fourth capacitor being sized to have an impedance less than a resistance value of the eighth bias resistor at a frequency lower than a second predetermined frequency,
- a post-stage balance circuit unit with common mode rejection comprising:
- a first post-stage input terminal and a second post-stage input terminal connected to the first buffer gain output terminal and the second buffer gain output terminal of the buffer gain unit, respectively;
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- a post-stage output terminal connected to the output terminal of the single-ended analog signal receiver apparatus.
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