Segmented chopping amplifier

A method of chopping an input signal by a chopping amplifier, comprising:

• segmenting, by a chopping amplifier, a chopping operation of an input signal across at least two chopping amplifier stages, wherein the at least two chopping amplifier stages are responsive to a master controller and wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages contributes a partial gain amount to an overall gain of the chopping amplifier and wherein the overall gain is a sum of the partial gain amounts of the at least two chopping amplifier stages;
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• wherein the overall gain is a sum of the partial gain amounts of the at least two chopping amplifier stages;
• wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages has a connected state and a disconnected state;
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• wherein at least one of the at least two chopping stages is in the connected state at any given time.

A chopping amplifier for chopping an input signal, comprising:

• at least two chopping amplifier stages, wherein a chopping operation of an input signal is segmented across the at least two chopping amplifier stages and wherein the at least two chopping amplifier stages are responsive to a master controller and wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages contributes a partial gain amount to an overall gain of the chopping amplifier and wherein the overall gain is a sum of the partial gain amounts of the at least two chopping amplifier stages;
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• wherein the overall gain is a sum of the partial gain amounts of the at least two chopping amplifier stages;
• wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages has a connected state and a disconnected state;
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• wherein at least one of the at least two chopping stages is in the connected state at any given time.

A chopping amplifier for chopping an input signal, comprising:

• at least two chopping amplifier stages, wherein a chopping operation of an input signal is segmented across the at least two chopping amplifier stages and wherein the at least two chopping amplifier stages are responsive to a master controller and wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages contributes a partial gain amount to an overall gain of the chopping amplifier and wherein the overall gain is a sum of the partial gain amounts of the at least two chopping amplifier stages;
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• wherein each of the at least two chopping amplifier stages comprises an input chop switch, an amplifier, and an output chop switch;
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• wherein the input signal is fed into the input chop switch;
• wherein the output chop switch is coupled to an amplifier output of the amplifier;
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• wherein the output chop switch is coupled to the overall gain;
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• wherein when one of the input chop switches transitions from an non-inverted connection state to an inverted connection state, at least another one of the input chop switches during the transition remains in either the non-inverted connection state or the inverted connection state.