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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Omar Abdulmonem Mohamed Elsayed, San Jose, CA (US);
Venumadhav Bhagavatula, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tienyu Chang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Siu-Chuang Ivan Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Sangwon Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A variable gain amplifier includes a first transconductor circuit coupled to a first input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal of the variable gain amplifier, the first transconductor circuit including: a plurality of positive coefficient transistors coupled to the first output terminal and configured to selectively conduct current in response to a first binary code, a plurality of negative coefficient transistors coupled to the second output terminal and configured to selectively conduct current in response to a second binary code, and a plurality of amplifying transistors, each having a gate electrode coupled to the first input terminal, a first electrode coupled to a ground reference, and a second electrode coupled to a pair of coefficient transistors including one of the plurality of positive coefficient transistors and one of the plurality of negative coefficient transistors.