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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin E Brehmer, Newark, CA (US);
James B Wieser, Newark, CA (US);
Carlos A Laber, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ; H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330255 ; 330253 ; 330260 ; 330264 ; 330265 ; 330311 ;
Abstract
A CMOS Class AB power amplifier is disclosed wherein supply-to-supply voltage swings across low resistive loads are efficiently and readily handled. A high gain input stage including a differential amplifier driving a common source amplifier drives unity gain push-pull output stage. Included in the invention is circuitry to control the DC bias current in the output driver devices in the event of an offset between the push-pull unity gain amplifiers.