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US 2016/0079924 A1Published application
Bias circuit, operational amplifier, and delta sigma type ad converter
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYosuke Ogawa, Shigeo Imai, Shinji Nakatsuka
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, there are provided a bias voltage generation circuit that generates a bias voltage in an operational amplifier according to a bias current generated inside, and an adaptive timing control circuit that temporarily increases the bias current at a timing at which a first control signal configured to control an input signal of the operational amplifier changes in level.
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A bias circuit, comprising:
- a bias voltage generation circuit that generates a bias voltage in an operational amplifier according to a bias current generated inside;
- and
- an adaptive timing control circuit that temporarily increases the bias current at a timing at which a first control signal configured to control an input signal of the operational amplifier changes in level.
An operational amplifier, comprising:
- first and second transistors that set bias currents according to a bias voltage;
- third and fourth transistors that constitute a differential stage, differential input signals being applied and the bias currents being supplied to the third and fourth transistors from the first and second transistors;
- a fifth transistor that is connected in common to the third and fourth transistors;
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- an adaptive timing control circuit that temporarily increases a tail current flowing from the differential stage to the fifth transistor, according to the timing at which a first control signal configured to control the input signal changes in level.
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A ΔΣ-type AD converter, comprising:
- a subtractor that subtracts an analog output from an analog input;
- an integrator that integrates an output from the subtractor;
- a quantizer that quantizes an output from the integrator;
- and
- a switch circuit that outputs as the analog output a reference voltage that is switched between positive and negative polarities according to a digital output from the quantizer, wherein
- the integrator includes:
- an operational amplifier;
- and
- an adaptive timing control circuit that temporarily increases a tail current in the operational amplifier, according to a timing at which a first control signal configured to control the analog input changes in level.
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