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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2013
High-speed unity-gain input buffer having improved linearity and stability with a low supply voltage
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bumha Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Satoshi Sakurai, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sing W. Chin, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high-speed unity-gain input buffer steers the current that flows down a first path to an output node, and down a second path in response to an analog input signal. The current that flows down the second path is mirrored to sink a current out of the output node.