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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Low capacitance switch for programmable gain amplifier or programable gain instrumentation amplifier
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Sandro Herrera, Medford, MA (US);
Alan K Jeffery, North Andover, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A low capacitance n-channel analog switch circuit, a p-channel analog switch circuit, and a full CMOS transmission gate (T-gate) circuit are described. Resistive decoupling can be used to isolate the switch or T-gate from AC grounds. A semiconductor region that is separated from a body region of a pass field-effect transistor (FET), such as by an insulator, can be coupled to or driven to a voltage similar to the input voltage or other desired bias voltage (e.g., an operational amplifier output) to help reduce parasitic capacitance of the switch or T-gate. The switch or T-gate can help provide improved frequency bandwidth or frequency response. The switch can be useful in a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) or programmable gain instrumentation amplifier (PGIA) or other circuit in which excessive switch capacitance could degrade circuit performance.