Switched operation amplifier
AssigneeVIA Technologies, Inc.
InventorChih-Min Liu
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AssigneeVIA Technologies, Inc.
InventorChih-Min Liu
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A switched operation amplifier including a biased circuit, an amplifier circuit, and a buffer circuit is provided. The biased circuit is to provide a first, a second, and a third biased signals by means of an input signal and a reference current source. The amplifier circuit is driven by the biased signals through current mirrors, a sample-and-hold switch, a complementary sample-and-hold switch and a differential pair. The buffer circuit includes a capacitor and two transistors in series. An output signal is generated from a node in between the two transistors, and fed back to a negative terminal of the differential pair of the amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit charges the capacitor and controls one of the transistors of the buffer circuit until the voltages of a positive and the negative terminal of the differential pair are equal. By means of the operation of the switched op amplifier, the output voltage can be kept being stable.
A switched operation amplifier comprising:
A method of operating a sample-and-hold circuit, for a switched operation amplifier, said switched operation amplifier comprising a biased circuit for generating a third biased signal, a amplifier circuit and a buffer circuit, said amplifier circuit having a second differential pair, a fourth, a fifth current mirror, a sample-and-hold switch, and a complementary sample-and-hold switch, and said buffer circuit having a capacitor, said method comprising the steps of:
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