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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Inphi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leonardo Vera, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Carl Pobanz, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
James Hoffman, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
INPHI CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/32 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03F 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/3211 (2013.01); H03F 1/483 (2013.01); H03F 3/45094 (2013.01); H03F 3/45192 (2013.01); H03F 2200/498 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a differential amplifier in cascode configuration. An input transistor is coupled to an output transistor via a peaking inductor. The output transistor is also directly coupled to a degeneration resistor. There are other embodiments as well.