Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Russell D. Slifer, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6642788
    Abstract: A differential amplifier amplifies input signals and includes first and second differential input transistor pairs. The first input pair controls output voltages by adjusting sink currents coupled to the outputs. The second pair of transistors compliments the first pair by dynamically adjusting a current sourced to the outputs. A common mode circuit has also been described that adjusts both the current sourced to the outputs and the sink currents. In one embodiment, the amplifier is fully differential and controls both current source transistors and current sink transistors coupled to the amplifiers outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventor: Firas N. Abughazaleh