Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inverter stacking amplifier
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Application No.: US16614625Application Date: 2018-06-04
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Publication No.: US11223335B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Nan Sun , Linxiao Shen
- Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/035796 WO 20180604
- International Announcement: WO2018/223113 WO 20181206
- Main IPC: H03F3/16
- IPC: H03F3/16 ; H03F3/45 ; H03F1/26 ; H03F3/30 ; H03G1/00 ; H03F1/02

Abstract:
The exemplified disclosure presents a highly power efficient amplifier (e.g., front-end inverter and/or amplifier) that achieves significant current reuse (e.g., 6-time for a 3-stack embodiments) by stacking inverters and splitting the capacitor feedback network. In some embodiments, the exemplified technology facilitates N-time current reuse to substantially reduced power consumption. It is observed that the exemplified disclosure facilitates significant current-reuse operation that significantly boost gain gm while providing low noise performance without increasing power usage. In addition, the exemplified technology is implemented such that current reuse and number of transistor has a generally linear relationship and using fewer transistors as compared to known circuits of similar topology.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200186106A1 INVERTER STACKING AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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