Infineon Technologies Ag

Ulrich Menczigar

Bernd Klehn

Andreas Täuber

Franz Freimuth

A receiver circuit for receiving and forwarding data signals comprises at least one first and one second input to be used to inject an external digital data signal and a reference signal into the receiver circuit, a multistage input amplifier circuit which comprises a first amplifier stage and a second amplifier stage connected downstream of the first amplifier stage, and a device for actively setting a first operating point of the multistage input amplifier circuit. The multistage input circuit provides the external digital data signal in amplified form at an output and the device generates a bias potential for driving the input multistage amplifier circuit on the basis of the circuit topography of the multistage input amplifier circuit. The bias potential is used to set a second operating point of the first amplifier stage in such a manner that its output signal is within a prescribed third operating point of the second amplifier stage.

Receiver circuit

The invention relates to a circuit module with high-frequency input/output interfaces, and in particular to a circuit realized on a chip, principally a monolithic integrated circuit having a phase-regulated circuit which is fed by externally applied voltages and an internal operating voltage generated on the basis of a trimmable internal reference voltage. According to the invention, each further internal operating voltage is derived from an individual reference voltage on the basis of an external voltage. An adjusting circuit is provided which adjusts the individual reference voltage using the trimmable internal reference voltage and then freezes it.

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Vaterstetten, Germany

Ulrich Menczigar