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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Derek F. Bowers, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
Derek F. Bowers, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input bias current cancellation circuit includes reference transistors placed in series and a current summation network. The current summation network can be configured to sum the base currents of the reference transistors to produce a summed current. A current mirror can be provided to attenuate the summed current to produce input bias cancellation currents. The input bias cancellation currents can be provided to the base inputs of an input bipolar differential pair, thereby reducing input current noise.