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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Palaksha Setty, Sunnyville, CA (US);
Krishnaswamy Nagaraj, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ; H03F / ; H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330258 ; 330-9 ; 330297 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for adjusting the output common-mode of a differential amplifier is disclosed. This is accomplished by reducing the supply voltage to the differential amplifier during the auto-zero mode and returning the supply voltage to the original level during the amplification mode.