Differential amplifier circuit, operational amplifier circuit, light-receiving amplifier circuit using the same, function selection circuit, and light-receiving circuit using the same
View Patent ↗A differential amplifier circuit, an operational amplifier circuit, and a light-receiving amplifier circuit using the same are provided, by which the influence of an on resistance of an analog switch is reduced during the switching of gain resistances. An NPN transistor Q 2 having an emitted connected in common is connected to an NPN transistor Q 1 of a differential amplifier circuit including the NPN transistors Q 1 and Q 3 , PNP transistors Q 4 and Q 5 , and a constant-current source I 1 , and analog switches ASW- 1 c and ASW- 2 c are inserted and connected to the collectors of the NPN transistors Q 1 and Q 2 and connected to the base and collector of the PNP transistor Q 4 and the base of the PNP transistor Q 5 . Further, analog switches ASW- 1 b and ASW- 2 b are connected to the bases of the NPN transistors Q 1 and Q 2 , respectively.
1. A differential amplifier circuit, comprising:
an input section comprising a plurality of inputs connected in parallel,
at least one output, and
one or more analog switches connected to each of the plurality of inputs, such that when one of the plurality of inputs is selected by switching the analog switches, a signal proportionate to a difference between a signal from a first input of the input section and a signal from a second input of the input section is outputted to the output
wherein at least one of the analog switches connected to the second input is always turned on.
2. The differential amplifier circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the analog switches connected to the plurality of inputs is located on a current passage point.
3. The differential amplifier circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one analog switch is a CMOS.