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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1992
Ali Fotowat-Ahmady, Tehran, IR;
Nasrollah S Navid, Saratoga, CA (US);
North American Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An IF amplifier/log detector with a modular architecture includes a plurality of voltage amplifiers, a plurality of rectifiers, a plurality of voltage-to-current converters and a current summing circuit. Each amplifier has a first differential transistor pair driven by a first current proportional to the temperature to fix the gain. Each converter includes a second differential transistor pair driven by a current proportional to the temperature and inversely proportional to a process parameter, and a third differential transistor pair driven by a third current inversely proportional to the process parameter. In this manner a circuit having improved performance with variations in temperature and process parameters is obtained.