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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Merit Y. Hong, Chandler, AZ (US);
Julian G. Aschieri, Tempe, AZ (US);
Zhou Zhixu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for operating a feedback network (). The method and apparatus operate to combine () a feedback signal (I) and an incoming signal (V) to generate an adjusted signal (I) at an input node of an amplifier element (); amplifying the amplifier input signal in the amplifier element to produce an amplifier output signal (V) at an output node of the amplifier element; processing the amplifier output signal according to a feedback operation () to generate the feedback signal (I); and providing an assist current (, I) to the output node of the amplifier element, separate from an output current provided by the amplifier element.