Patent ID: 7924092
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H03F,H03H

Abstract:
1. An amplifier comprising: a. a first stage differential amplifier having b. a second stage differential amplifier having c. an on-chip connection path arranged to connect the first stage common node to the second stage common node; d. a first transformation network comprising a first shunt component and a second shunt component, said first shunt component closer to said second stage than said second shunt component, an end of said first shunt component connected to a first node of said on-chip connection path and an end of said second shunt component connected to a second node of said on-chip connection path; and e. a second transformation network comprising a third shunt component and a fourth shunt component, said third shunt component closer to said second stage than said fourth shunt component, an end of said third shunt component connected to the first node of said on-chip connection path, and an end of said fourth shunt component connected to the second node of said on-chip connection path, wherein