Patents Assigned to BROADCOM CORPRATION
  • Publication number: 20110291757
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, a distributed threshold adjuster (DTA) may be interspersed between stages of a multistage amplifier to adjust the DC voltage of an input signal. The DTA may include an input signal terminal configured to receive the input signal. The DTA may also include a plurality of current sources configured to produce an adjustment current signal whose amperage is configured to be increased or decreased by fixed steps in order to adjust the DC voltage of the input signal. The DTA may include a control unit configured to selectively turn on or off the individual current sources of the plurality of current sources to select the amperage of the adjustment current signal. The DTA may further include an output terminal configured to produce an output signal, comprising a combination of the input signal and the adjustment current signal, to a stage of a multistage amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPRATION
    Inventors: Afshin Momtaz, Namik Kocaman, Bharath Raghavan