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Dual op amp IC with single low noise op amp configuration
   
Document Number
US Patent 7339428
Issued Date
March 4, 2008
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Inventors
Bowers; Derek F (Los Altos Hills, CA)
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Abstract
A multiple op amp IC with a single low noise op amp configuration comprises at least two op amp circuits fabricated on a common substrate. The IC can be configured such that the multiple op amps are connected in parallel to form a single op amp having output drive and input-referred noise characteristics which are superior to those of the constituent op amps. The IC can be fabricated with either first or second metallization patterns, with the first pattern providing multiple op amps with separate inputs and outputs, and the second pattern interconnecting the amplifiers to form a single op amp. The second pattern also preferably interconnects at least one set of corresponding high impedance nodes to prevent a difference voltage which might otherwise arise between the nodes due to component mismatches between the multiple op amps.
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Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, MA)
Published
March 4, 2008
Application Number
11/415,663
Filed
May 1, 2006
US Classification
330/252   330/307
Int'l Classification
H03F   3/45   (20060101)  
USPTO Field of Search
330/252   330/307  
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