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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Martin Clara, Villach, AT;
Daniel Gruber, St. Andrä, AT;
Christian Fleischhacker, Pischeldorf, AT;
Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A differential gain stage includes a plurality of programmable passive circuit component arrays operable to set a gain of the gain stage. The gain stage also includes an active switch gate control circuit and a passive switch gate control circuit. The active switch gate control circuit controls a gate voltage applied to transistor switch components of each programmable passive circuit component array as a function of the level of common mode disturbance input to the differential gain stage for common mode frequencies below a particular frequency threshold. The passive switch gate control circuit controls the gate voltage applied to the transistor switch components as a function of the level of common mode disturbance for common mode frequencies above the frequency threshold. The differential gain stage can for part of a receiver such as an xDSL receiver.