IP Library Granted Patent US 8,149,054
Granted Patent B2
US 8,149,054 · App. 12/659,341 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Operational amplifier

Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,149,054
App. No.
12/659,341
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operational amplifier includes a differential amplifier input stage that supplies an operating current to a differential pair, the differential amplifier input stage including a first transistor having a first polarity, a push-pull amplifier output stage that includes a second transistor having the first polarity, and a third transistor having a second polarity, the second transistor and the third transistor being connected in series, and a capacitive element that connects a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor.

Claims (22)

1. An operational amplifier comprising:

a differential amplifier input stage that supplies an operating current to a differential pair, the differential amplifier input stage comprising a first transistor having a first polarity;

a push-pull amplifier output stage that comprises:

a second transistor having the first polarity; and

a third transistor having a second polarity, the second transistor and the third transistor being connected in series;

a capacitive element that connects the gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor,

wherein the differential pair is formed by P channel MOS transistors,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are formed by P channel MOS transistors,

wherein the third transistor is formed by an N channel MOS transistor ,and

wherein a negative potential is supplied from the gate of the second transistor to the gate of the first transistor when an output signal from the differential amplifier input stage is raised.

2. The operational amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the push-pull amplifier output stage further comprises a level shift circuit that outputs a differential output voltage after level-shifting the differential output voltage, and

wherein the push-pull amplifier output stage is driven based on the differential output voltage and the level-shifted voltage.

3. An operational amplifier comprising:

a differential amplifier input stage that supplies an operating current to a differential pair, the differential amplifier input stage comprising a first transistor having a first polarity;

a push-pull amplifier output stage that comprises:

a second transistor having the first polarity; and

a third transistor having a second polarity, the second transistor and the third transistor being connected in series;

a capacitive element that connects the gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor,

wherein the differential pair is formed by N channel MOS transistors,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are formed by N channel MOS transistors,

wherein the third transistor is formed by a P channel MOS transistor, and

wherein a positive potential is supplied from the gate of the second transistor to the gate of the first transistor when an output signal from the differential amplifier input stage is fallen.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025193/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2010
From: SHIBUYA, MASAKI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024068/0656 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-073534 · Mar 25, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100244959A1 · Sep 30, 2010