Patents Examined by Jeffrey S. Murrrell
  • Patent number: 5657097
    Abstract: A coring circuit for an input signal in the form of a differential input current having two components in phase opposition. A first pair of cascode transistors biased by a first reference voltage applies a first fraction of each of the components of the differential current to respectively first and second resistors. A second pair of cascode transistors biased by the first reference voltage provides a second fraction of each of the components of the differential current to a differential current output of the coring circuit and respectively to first and second branches of a differential stage that also receives voltages across the first and second resistors. Two coring current sources respectively connect first and second outputs of the differential stage to a supply voltage and are connected to each other through a third resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schultz, Mark C. Elbert