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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicants:
David Standley, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Laurent Blanquart, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Standley, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Laurent Blanquart, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Assignee:
AltaSens, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operational trans-conductance amplifier circuit having a voltage clamp circuit. The clamp circuit utilizes low area and power overhead, has a sharp clamp characteristic, and little degradation in the small-signal DC gain at the 'knee' of the clamp characteristic. The clamp circuit includes a comparator circuit and a current control circuit. The amplifier and clamp circuits may further include a clamp voltage generator circuit.