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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Valerio Pisati, Bosnasco, IT;
Salvatore Portaluri, Pavia, IT;
Alessandro Savo, Pavia, IT;
Stefano Marchese, Pavia, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A programmable-gain multistage amplifier with broad bandwidth and reduced phase variations having a differential input stage biased by a first current source and to which a differential voltage signal is fed, the stage being connected to a pair of diodes in which the cathode terminals are connected to respective bipolar transistors, which are biased by a second current source and in which the collector terminals are connected to load resistors, the differential output of the amplifier being provided at the collector terminals of the bipolar transistors. The amplifier further includes two circuit branches, each of which is constituted by a bipolar transistor and by a third current source, which is respectively connected to the collector terminal and emitter terminal of the bipolar transistor, in which the base terminal receives the differential voltage signal and the collector terminal is connected to the cathode terminal of a respective one of the two diodes, the circuit branches being mutually connected by means of a pair of capacitors.