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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Guojun Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03F 3/191 (2006.01); H03G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 1/0029 (2013.01); H03F 3/45179 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45022 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45154 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to electrical circuits and techniques thereof. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a variable gain amplifier that includes a first transistor and a second transistor whose gate terminals are coupled to a first input terminal. A first drain terminal of the first transistor and a first source terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a voltage gain control switch. There are other embodiments as well.