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Multi-amplifier circuit
 
   
Document Number
US Patent 7276969
Issued Date
October 2, 2007
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Aram; Farbod (Los Altos Hills, CA)
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Abstract
A transimpedance amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier with an input, an output and a first transconductance. A second amplifier has an input that communicates with the output of the first amplifier, an output and a second transconductance. A first resistance has one end that communicates with the input of the first amplifier. An inverter has an input that communicates with the output of the second amplifier and an output that communicates with an opposite end of the first resistance. A second resistance has one end that communicates with the input of the second amplifier and an opposite end that communicates with the output of the second amplifier. A third resistance has one end that is connected to the output of the second amplifier. A first capacitance has one end that communicates with the one end of the first resistance and an opposite end that communicates with the opposite end of the first resistance.
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Published
October 2, 2007
Application Number
10/792,619
Filed
March 3, 2004
US Classification
330/253   330/260 330/310
Int'l Classification
H03F   3/45   (20060101)  
USPTO Field of Search
330/253   330/310   330/260  
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