Patents by Inventor Homero Luz Guimaraes

Homero Luz Guimaraes 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: 9729126
    Abstract: Method and implementation of gain-bandwidth product (GWB) tuning are disclosed. In an embodiment an operational amplifier (opamp) includes an input stage of the opamp including a differential device pair coupled to a tail device and configured to be responsive to a differential input signal for conducting a first current and an output stage of the opamp including a class AB interface stage circuit and a pair of output devices connected to the class AB interface stage circuit, wherein a first constant gm bias circuit is coupled to an input terminal of the class AB interface stage circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Homero Luz Guimaraes, Matthew Richard Miller
  • Publication number: 20170126207
    Abstract: Method and implementation of gain-bandwidth product (GWB) tuning are disclosed. In an embodiment an operational amplifier (opamp) includes an input stage of the opamp including a differential device pair coupled to a tail device and configured to be responsive to a differential input signal for conducting a first current and an output stage of the opamp including a class AB interface stage circuit and a pair of output devices connected to the class AB interface stage circuit, wherein a first constant gm bias circuit is coupled to an input terminal of the class AB interface stage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Homero Luz Guimaraes, Matthew Richard Miller
  • Patent number: 7272178
    Abstract: An analog filter (10) having a bandwidth tracking circuit includes an analog filter element (14) and a digital tracking loop (22). The digital tracking loop (22) compares a magnitude difference to a predetermined threshold to generate an error signal. The magnitude difference is determined during a closed loop bandwidth calibration by subtracting a first magnitude of an analog input signal over a predetermined frequency range to a second magnitude of the analog input signal over the predetermined frequency range located near the bandwidth frequency. Use of the digital tracking loop (22) provides a digital approach for achieving bandwidth tracking of an analog filter without the need for achieving any manufacturing process matching between the analog filter and the tracking circuit itself. The analog filter element (14) may be either a lowpass, highpass, bandpass, active or passive filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahibur Rahman, Homero Luz Guimaraes