Differential amplifier, receiver, and circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10218323-B2
Application number	US-201515521736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	Nov 7, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A differential amplifier which does not have an effect of noise resistance deterioration, waveform distortion, and a lower bandwidth while having a wide input range is realized. The differential amplifier does not cause deterioration in a signal quality due to an increase in an input load, and it is not necessary to additionally provide a configuration for generating a reference voltage. The differential amplifier includes a differential amplification circuit and an output circuit for amplifying and outputting a differential output from the differential amplification circuit. The differential amplification circuit includes a first conductive type first differential pair which supplies output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a second conductive type second differential pair which supplies output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a detector which detects an operation state of a differential pair, and an alternative current supplying circuit which supplies an alternative current for the output current of the differential pair which has been turned off to the output circuit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A differential amplifier, comprising:
a differential amplification circuit; and
an output circuit configured to amplify a differential output from the differential amplification circuit and output the amplified differential output, wherein
the differential amplification circuit includes a first conductive type first differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a second conductive type second differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a detector configured to detect an operation state of the first conductive type first differential pair, and an alternative current supplying unit configured to supply an alternative current for the output current of the second conductive type second differential pair which has been turned off to the output circuit.

2. The differential amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein
a load transistor included in the output circuit is replaced with a resistance element.

3. The differential amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein
inverter circuits having feedback resistors are connected in series at a post stage of the output circuit.

4. The differential amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein
a source of a first transistor element, included in at least one of the first conductive type first differential pair or the second conductive type second differential pair, is connected to a first power supply terminal via a current source including a second transistor element, the detector includes a third transistor element having a same conductive type as the first transistor element, the third transistor element of the detector is connected between a node between the source of at least one of the first conductive type first differential pair or the second conductive type second differential pair and a current source and a second power supply terminal in a state where the source of the first transistor element is directed to the node, and the alternative current supplying unit is configured to supply a current obtained by replication of a current flown in the third transistor element of the detector to the output circuit as the alternative current by using a current mirror circuit.

5. The differential amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein
the detector and the alternative current supplying unit include first transistor elements connected to respective second transistor elements included in at least one of the first conductive type first differential pair or the second conductive type second differential pair in parallel, and
a transistor element of the first transistor elements has a same conductive type as a transistor element of the second transistor elements, and a bias voltage is applied to a gate of the transistor element.

6. A receiver, comprising:
a differential amplifier including a differential amplification circuit,
wherein the differential amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal; and

an output circuit configured to:
amplify a differential output from the differential amplification circuit,
output the amplified differential output, wherein
the differential amplification circuit includes a first conductive type first differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a second conductive type second differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a detector configured to detect an operation state of the first conductive type first differential pair, and an alternative current supplying unit configured to supply an alternative current for the output current of the second conductive type second differential pair which has been turned off to the output circuit.

7. A circuit, comprising:
a differential amplification circuit; and
an output circuit configured to amplify a differential output from the differential amplification circuit and output the amplified differential output, wherein
the differential amplification circuit includes a first conductive type first differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a second conductive type second differential pair configured to supply output currents according to a positive phase input signal and a reverse phase input signal to the output circuit, a detector configured to detect an operation state of the first conductive type first differential pair, and an alternative current supplying unit configured to supply an alternative current for the output current of the second conductive type second differential pair which has been turned off to the output circuit.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nakao Hiroshi
• Yasui Yukihiro

Classifications

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