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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Daniel Shkap, Cambridge, MA (US);
Maxim Integtated Products, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A voltage mode logarithmic amplifier comprising: a first gain stage for providing an amplified rectified voltage signal responsive to an input voltage signal; a second gain stage for providing a further amplified rectified signal responsive to the input voltage signal; and an output node for producing an output voltage signal responsive to the amplified rectified voltage signal and the further amplified rectified voltage signal. The amplifier further includes: a self-biased replica stage operative to provide a voltage offset signal responsive to temperature; and a differential amplifier operative to receive the voltage offset signal and provide a temperature corrected output voltage signal responsive to the input voltage signal, wherein the differential amplifier is communicatively coupled to both the first gain stage and the second gain stage.