AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT HAVING AN EXTENDED WILSON CURRENT-MIRROR SELF-BIAS BOOSTING CIRCUIT

An amplifier circuit ( 1 ) includes an amplifying transistor (QØ) and a dc bias circuit ( 2 ) for biasing the amplifier transistor (QØ) to obtain a conduction angle of at least about 180°. The dc bias circuit ( 2 ) includes a self-bias boosting circuit which has a Wilson current-mirror (Q 4 , Q 5 ,...

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Main Author LUO, SIFEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 14.09.2005
Edition7
Subjects
AMPLIFIERS
BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
ELECTRICITY
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Summary:An amplifier circuit ( 1 ) includes an amplifying transistor (QØ) and a dc bias circuit ( 2 ) for biasing the amplifier transistor (QØ) to obtain a conduction angle of at least about 180°. The dc bias circuit ( 2 ) includes a self-bias boosting circuit which has a Wilson current-mirror (Q 4 , Q 5 , Q 6 ) integrated with a cascode current-mirror circuit (Q 2 , Q 3 ) to form an extended Wilson current-mirror circuit (Q 2 -Q 6 ) having an output coupled to a control terminal of the amplifying transistor (QØ) by a resistor (R 1 ), and a capacitor (C 2 ) coupled from the extended Wilson current-mirror circuit (Q 2 -Q 6 ) to a common terminal (Gnd).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20030812620