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US 12,224,739 B2Granted
Fast-transient buffer
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsYueh-Min Chen, Ting-Yang Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin, Wen-Chieh Wang
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Abstract
A fast-transient buffer is shown. The fast-transient buffer has a flipped voltage follower coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, and a first MOS transistor coupled to the flipped voltage follower as well as the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer. The first MOS transistor regulates the output voltage of the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, in the opposite direction in comparison with an output voltage regulation direction due to the flipped voltage follower.
Claims15
A fast-transient buffer, comprising:
- a flipped voltage follower and a bias circuit coupled to the flipped voltage follower, wherein the flipped voltage follower is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the fast-transient buffer;
- and
- a first MOS transistor, coupled to the flipped voltage follower as well as the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, wherein the first MOS transistor regulates an output voltage of the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, in an opposite direction in comparison with an output voltage regulation direction due to the flipped voltage follower;
- wherein:
- the first MOS transistor has a drain terminal coupled to the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer,
- the flipped voltage follower has a second MOS transistor, a third MOS transistor, and a fourth MOS transistor;
- the second MOS transistor has a gate terminal coupled to the input terminal of the fast-transient buffer, a source terminal coupled to the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, and a drain terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor;
- the third MOS transistor has a drain terminal coupled to the source terminal of the second MOS transistor;
- the fourth MOS transistor has a source terminal coupled to the drain terminal of the second MOS transistor, and a drain terminal coupled to the gate terminal of the third MOS transistor;
- and
- the bias circuit is coupled to a gate terminal of the fourth MOS transistor to further bias the first MOS transistor through the fourth MOS transistor.
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