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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Linear Technology Holding Llc, Norwood, MA (US);

Inventors:

Alex R. Sloboda, North Port, FL (US);

Gregory L. DiSanto, Groton, MA (US);

Andrew K. Roberts, Maynard, MA (US);

Assignee:

Linear Technology Holding LLC, Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/26 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03F 3/387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/26 (2013.01); H03F 3/387 (2013.01); H03F 3/45179 (2013.01); H03F 3/45475 (2013.01); H03F 2200/135 (2013.01); H03F 2200/168 (2013.01); H03F 2200/267 (2013.01); H03F 2200/271 (2013.01); H03F 2200/375 (2013.01); H03F 2200/459 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45012 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45212 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45512 (2013.01);
Abstract

Chopper amplifiers with high pass filters for suppressing chopping ripple are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a chopper amplifier includes an input chopping circuit, an amplification circuit, a low frequency content detection circuit, and an output chopping circuit electrically connected in a cascade. The low frequency content detection circuit operates in combination with a transconductance or other gain circuit as a high pass filter that filters input offset voltage and/or low frequency noise of the amplification circuit, thereby suppressing output chopping ripple from arising.


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