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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jinghui Lu, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/500 ; H03F 3/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/500 ; H03F 3/45 ;
Abstract
A buffer employs an input stage with an active, LC load. The active load includes integrated inductors that combine with the parasitic gate capacitances of a pair of transistors in a negative-transconductance (−Gm) booster configuration. The resulting active load emphasizes a desired frequency, improving the quality, or “Q,” of the input stage, and consequently of the entire buffer.