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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Saeed Abbasi, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Nima Gilanpour, North York, CA;
Vincent Law, Richmond Hill, CA;
Saeed Abbasi, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Nima Gilanpour, North York, CA;
Vincent Law, Richmond Hill, CA;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An amplifier circuit includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a differential input circuit coupled to a differential input node. The first stage includes a first partial cascode circuit including devices of a first type, the first partial cascode circuit being coupled to a first power supply node, a first bias node, and the differential input stage. The first stage includes a second partial cascode circuit including devices of a second type, the second partial cascode circuit being coupled to a second power supply node and the differential input circuit. The second stage is coupled to the first stage. The second stage includes a first full cascode circuit coupled to an output node.