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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Atsushi Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voltage/current converter circuit includes a first differential pair circuit containing a first pair of MOS transistors, a second differential pair circuit containing a second pair of MOS transistors wherein the drain terminals thereof are connected to each of the source terminals of the first MOS transistor differential pair circuit, and a resistor element connected between the sources of the second MOS transistor differential pair circuit, wherein the gates of the second pair of MOS transistors are mutually connected to the drains of the MOS transistors of the other side, and the sources of the two MOS transistors are each grounded via an electric current source. Thus, a high-gain amplifier with improved linearity is realized with a small number of elements, thereby reducing electric power consumption and reduced IC chip surface area.