Signal amplification circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10079577-B2
Application number	US-201615565191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Apr 10, 2015
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

A signal amplification circuit comprises a low pass filter circuit ( 100 ). The low pass filter circuit ( 100 ) comprises two input ends and two output ends and further comprises two capacitors (C 1 , C 2 ) having opposite polarities respectively connected between two output ends. A buffer circuit ( 200 ) comprises two input ends, a first operational amplifier (A 1 ) and a second operational amplifier (A 2 ), two output ends and a plurality of switches. A switched capacitor integrated circuit ( 300 ) comprises two input ends, a third operational amplifier (A 3 ), a plurality of capacitor modules, a plurality of chopper modulators and two output ends. A signal switch (S) is used to control the on and off states of voltage signal before amplification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal amplification circuit, comprising:
a low-pass filter circuit comprising a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first switch, a second switch, a first rheostat, a second rheostat, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is connected to the first output terminal via the first switch and the first rheostat, the second input terminal is connected to the second output terminal via the second switch and the second rheostat; the first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, respectively, with their polarity opposite to each other;
a buffer circuit comprising a third input terminal, a fourth input terminal, a first operational amplifier (op-amp), a second op-amp, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a sixth switch, a seventh switch, an eighth switch, a ninth switch, a tenth switch, an eleventh switch, a twelfth switch, a thirteenth switch, a fourteenth switch, a third output terminal, and a fourth output terminal, wherein the third input terminal is connected to a positive input terminal of the first op-amp via the third switch, and the third input terminal is connected to a negative input terminal of the first op-amp via the fourth switch; the positive output terminal of the first op-amp is connected to the third output terminal via the fifth switch, and the negative output terminal of the first op-amp is connected to the third output terminal via the sixth switch; the positive input terminal of the first op-amp is connected to the negative output terminal of the first op-amp via the seventh switch, and the negative input terminal of the first op-amp is connected to the positive output terminal of the first op-amp via the eighth switch; the fourth input terminal is connected to a positive input terminal of the second op-amp via the ninth switch, and the fourth input terminal is connected to a negative input terminal of the second op-amp via the tenth switch; the positive output terminal of the second op-amp is connected to the fourth output terminal via the eleventh switch, and the negative output terminal of the second op-amp is connected to the fourth output terminal via the twelfth switch; the positive input terminal of the second op-amp is connected to the negative output terminal of the second op-amp via the thirteenth switch, and the negative input terminal of the second op-amp is connected to the positive output terminal of the second op-amp via the fourteenth switch;
a switched-capacitor integrator circuit comprising a fifth input terminal, a sixth input terminal, a third op-amp, a first switched capacitor module, a second switched capacitor module, a third switched capacitor module, a fourth switched capacitor module, a first capacitor module, a second capacitor module, a first chopper modulator, a second chopper modulator, a third chopper modulator, a fifth output terminal, and a sixth output terminal, wherein each of the switched capacitor modules comprises a capacitor and at least four switches, which form a switched capacitor structure; each of the capacitor modules comprises an adjustable capacitor and at least one switch, and the capacitor and the switch are connected in parallel; each of the chopper modulators comprises at least four switches which form a chopping modulating structure; the fifth input terminal is connected to a positive input terminal of the third op-amp sequentially via the first switched capacitor module and the first chopper modulator, and the sixth input terminal is connected to a negative input terminal of the third op-amp sequentially via the second switched capacitor module and the first chopper modulator; the positive input terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the fifth output terminal sequentially via the second chopper modulator and the first capacitor module, and the negative input terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the sixth output terminal sequentially via the second chopper modulator and the second capacitor module; the positive input terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the fifth output terminal via the third switched capacitor module, and the negative input terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the sixth output terminal via the fourth switched capacitor module; the positive output terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the sixth output terminal via the third chopper modulator, and the negative output terminal of the third op-amp is connected to the fifth output terminal via the third chopper modulator; and
a signal switch configured to control on or off of a voltage signal before amplification; wherein the first input terminal and the second input terminal input the voltage signal before amplification; the first output terminal is connected to the third input terminal, the second output terminal is connected to the fourth input terminal, the third output terminal is connected to the fifth input terminal, and the fourth output terminal is connected to the sixth input terminal; the fifth output terminal and the sixth output terminal output an amplified voltage signal.

2. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein each of the switched capacitor modules comprises the capacitor, a first control switch, a second control switch, a third control switch, and a fourth control switch; a first plate of the capacitor is connected to an input terminal of the switched capacitor module via the first control switch, and is further connected to ground via the second control switch; a second plate of the capacitor is connected to an output terminal of the switched capacitor module via the third control switch, and the second plate of the capacitor is further connected to the ground via the fourth control switch.

3. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein the capacitors in the first switched capacitor module and the second switched capacitor module are adjustable capacitors.

4. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein the signal amplification circuit further comprises a first connecting switch, a second connecting switch, a third connecting switch, and a fourth connecting switch; both ends of the capacitor in the first switched capacitor module are connected in parallel with both ends of the capacitor in the third switched capacitor module via the first connecting switch and the second connecting switch, respectively; both ends of the capacitor in the second switched capacitor module are connected in parallel with both ends of the capacitor in the fourth switched capacitor module via the third connecting switch and the fourth connecting switch, respectively.

5. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable capacitor comprises a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches; each of the plurality of capacitors and each of the plurality of switches are connected in series to form a capacitor branch, and all capacitor branches are connected in parallel.

6. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein the switch of the adjustable capacitor in the capacitor module is adjacent to an input terminal of the capacitor module; the switch of the adjustable capacitor in the first switched capacitor module is adjacent to an output terminal of the first switched capacitor module, and the switch of the adjustable capacitor in the second switched capacitor module is adjacent to an output terminal of the second switched capacitor module.

7. The signal amplification circuit of claim 1 , wherein the chopper modulator comprises a first chopper switch, a second chopper switch, a third chopper switch, and a fourth chopper switch; a first input terminal of the chopper modulator

Assignees

• Csmc Technologies Fab2 Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xueyan
• Zhang Weiyan
• Chen Qiang

Classifications

• H03F3/45475

  using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit · CPC title

• H03F2200/165

  A filter circuit coupled to the input of an amplifier · CPC title

• H03F2203/45514

  the FBC comprising one or more switched capacitors, and being coupled between the LC and the IC · CPC title

• H03F1/26 Primary

  Modifications of amplifiers to reduce influence of noise generated by amplifying elements · CPC title

• H03F2203/45551

  the IC comprising one or more switched capacitors · CPC title