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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Trygve Willassen, Oppegard, NO;
Tore Martinussen, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Trygve Willassen, Oppegard, NO;
Tore Martinussen, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods provide an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) with one or more self-biased cascode current mirrors. Applicable topologies include a current-mirror OTA and a folded-cascode OTA. In one embodiment, the self-biasing cascode current mirror is an optional aspect of the folded-cascode OTA. The self-biasing can advantageous reduce the number of biasing circuits used, which can save chip area and cost. One embodiment includes an input differential pair of a current-mirror OTA.