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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Colin G. Lyden, Baltimore, IE;
Christian S. Birk, Innishannon, IE;
Tomas Tansley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin G. Lyden, Baltimore, IE;
Christian S. Birk, Innishannon, IE;
Tomas Tansley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A low power, low noise amplifier system includes at least one amplifier having first and second differential input terminals, first and second differential output terminals and providing a differential output; first and second input capacitors interconnected with the first and second differential amplifier input terminals; first and second feedback circuits containing first and second feedback capacitors, respectively, interconnected with the amplifier differential input and output terminals; an input chopper switch circuit for receiving a low frequency differential input and selectively, alternately swapping those low frequency differential inputs through the input capacitors to the differential input terminals of the amplifier; an output chopper switch for receiving and selectively, alternately swapping the amplifier differential outputs synchronously with the input chopper switch circuit; and a low pass filter responsive to the swapped differential outputs for providing a low noise, low power amplification of the low frequency differential inputs.