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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;

Inventors:

Khaled Khalaf, Aarschot, BE;

Steven Brebels, Heverlee, BE;

Assignee:

IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45183 (2013.01); H03G 3/3036 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03G 2201/103 (2013.01); H03G 2201/307 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sign switching circuitry is disclosed. In one aspect, the sign switching circuitry includes a first and second differential common-source amplifier having common differential input nodes and common differential output nodes configured such that a differential input signal applied at the common differential input nodes is amplified to a differential output signal at the common differential output nodes with a fixed gain by the first amplifier and by the fixed gain with opposite sign by the second amplifier. The sign switching circuitry also includes a switching circuitry configured to activate the first common-source amplifier and deactivate the second common-source amplifier to amplify the differential input signal by the fixed gain, and to activate the second common-source amplifier and deactivate the first common-source amplifier to amplify the differential input signal by the fixed gain with opposite sign.


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