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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);

Inventors:

Jens Tingleff, Copenhagen, DK;

Claus Erdmann Fürst, Roskilde, DK;

Assignee:

KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0257 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0127 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit comprising a transconductance amplifier which is connectable to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer. The transconductance amplifier comprises a first input coupled to a first current conveyor and a second input coupled to a second current conveyor for converting a single-ended or differential transducer signal voltage into an intermediate signal current representative of the transducer signal voltage through a shared reference resistor. The transconductance amplifier further comprises first and second output circuits coupled to the shared reference resistor and being configured to convert the intermediate current signal into a corresponding differential output current signal through first and second output terminals for driving a load.


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