Patents by Inventor B. Marco Marletta

B. Marco Marletta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6392490
    Abstract: A high-precision biasing circuit is provided for a CMOS cascode stage with inductive load and degeneration. The cascode stage includes at least two MOS transistors serially connected between a first voltage reference and a second voltage reference. The biasing circuit includes at least a first MOS replica transistor and a second MOS replica transistor, and two current generators for biasing the first and second MOS replica transistors. A circuit block detects a voltage value on a terminal of the second replica MOS transistor and applies a voltage to a gate terminal of the first replica transistor. Two circuit block implementations include a voltage amplifier and a folded cascode amplifier closed in a shunt feedback. Both implementations allow the threshold voltages of the cascode stage transistors to be tracked, as well as their Early and body effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroeletronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Gramegna, Alessandro D'Aquila, B. Marco Marletta