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- the present invention relates to an amplifier circuit that amplifies a weak signal input from a sensor or the like with high impedance.
- instrumentation amplifier is generally known as a circuit that amplifies a weak signal generated by a sensor by inputting it with high impedance.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 describes a technique for amplifying an output signal from a magnetic head by an instrumentation amplifier.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an instrumentation amplifier.
- the instrumentation amplifier is configured by using two operational amplifiers (operational amplifiers) U1 and U2.
- operational amplifiers U1 and U2 feedback resistors R11 and R12 are connected between the output terminal and the inverting input terminal, respectively, and the inverting input terminals are connected to each other via the resistor R13.
- the amplified signal is output as a differential signal from the outputs of the operational amplifiers U1 and U2.
- the instrumentation amplifier has a very high input impedance because the non-inverting input terminals of the operational amplifiers U1 and U2 are signal input terminals.
- CMRR common-mode rejection ratio
- the gain of the instrumentation amplifier can be adjusted by the resistance value of the resistor R13, and the high input impedance and the common-mode signal rejection ratio are not affected by the resistance value of the resistor R13.
- both gain and input impedance change according to the resistance value of the resistive element, but in the case of an instrumentation amplifier, negative feedback is provided. High input impedance is maintained regardless of the gain setting.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a configuration of a general operational amplifier used in an instrumentation amplifier.
- the operational amplifier shown in FIG. 4B includes an input amplification stage (Q21 to 24, 101) and an output amplification stage (Q25, R14, C11, 102).
- the input amplification stage includes a differential pair (Q21, Q22) composed of two transistors, a current mirror circuit (Q23, Q24) connected as a load to the drain side of the differential pair, and the source side of the differential pair
- the output amplifier stage includes a transistor Q25 that constitutes a source-grounded amplifier circuit, a constant current circuit 102 connected to the drain of the transistor Q25 as a load, and phase compensation that limits the bandwidth of the output amplifier stage for the stability of the feedback system. It has a circuit (R14, C11).
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an amplifier circuit capable of maintaining a high input impedance without being affected by a gain setting by negative feedback and reducing noise caused by an input stage transistor. Is to provide.
- An amplifier circuit is a differential pair including a pair of a first transistor and a second transistor, and each of the first transistor and the second transistor has a voltage between a control terminal and a first terminal.
- a predetermined type of transistor that controls a current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal in response to a differential signal at a pair of the control terminals of the pair of first transistor and the second transistor.
- An input differential pair An input differential pair, a load circuit for generating a differential signal corresponding to a current flowing through the pair of second terminals of the pair of first transistors and the second transistor in the differential pair, and the load circuit
- An output amplifying stage for amplifying and outputting the differential signal, and a differential signal output from the output amplifying stage for the pair of first transistors and second Transistors and having a feedback circuit for feeding back a pair of the first terminal with the.
- a differential signal is input to the pair of control terminals of the differential pair, and a difference is made to the load circuit according to a current flowing through the pair of second terminals of the differential pair.
- a differential signal generated in the load circuit is amplified in the output amplification stage, and the differential signal output from the output amplification stage is fed back to the pair of first terminals of the differential pair.
- the This makes it difficult for the input impedance at the pair of control terminals of the differential pair to be affected by the negative feedback gain of the amplifier circuit.
- amplification of the input stage is performed in the pair of first transistor and second transistor of the differential pair, low frequency noise such as flicker noise caused by the transistor of the input stage is reduced.
- the amplifying circuit shifts the frequency component of the differential signal to the frequency band on the high frequency side by repeatedly inverting the polarity of the differential signal input to the pair of control terminals in the differential pair.
- the frequency component of the differential signal is The second chopping circuit for returning the frequency band from the high frequency side to the original frequency band, and the polarity of the differential signal fed back to the pair of first terminals of the differential pair by the feedback circuit are the same as those of the first chopping circuit.
- the output amplification stage may have a low-pass filter characteristic that attenuates a frequency component due to the polarity inversion operation in the first chopping circuit.
- the polarity of the differential signal input to the pair of control terminals in the differential pair is repeatedly inverted in the first chopping circuit, so that the frequency component of the differential signal is high frequency. Is shifted to the frequency band on the side.
- the polarity of the differential signal input to the output amplification stage is repeatedly inverted by the second chopping circuit in synchronization with the polarity inverting operation of the first chopping circuit, so that the frequency of the differential signal is increased. The component is returned from the frequency band on the high frequency side to the original frequency band.
- the polarity of the differential signal fed back to the pair of first terminals of the differential pair by the feedback circuit is repeatedly inverted by the third chopping circuit in synchronization with the polarity inverting operation of the first chopping circuit.
- the frequency component of the differential signal is shifted to the frequency band on the high frequency side.
- a frequency component due to the polarity inversion operation in the first chopping circuit is attenuated by a low-pass filter characteristic of the output amplification stage.
- the differential signal is amplified while being shifted to a high frequency band where the influence of low frequency noise such as flicker noise is small.
- the low frequency noise component contained in the differential signal is greatly reduced.
- the output signal of the output amplification stage is a signal in which both low frequency noise and high frequency noise are reduced. It becomes.
- the amplifier circuit may include a differential amplifier stage that amplifies a differential signal input from the load circuit to the second chopping circuit.
- a differential amplifier stage that amplifies a differential signal input from the load circuit to the second chopping circuit.
- the amplification gain for the differential signal shifted to the high frequency band where the influence of the low frequency noise such as flicker noise is small is increased, so that the low frequency noise component included in the output signal is reduced.
- the amplifier circuit includes a resistor circuit provided in a current path that shunts from the common node to the pair of first terminals in the differential pair, and a current path that flows from the first power supply line to the common node.
- a common that controls the resistance of the variable resistance element so that the common mode voltage at the provided variable resistance element and the pair of second terminals of the differential pair approaches a predetermined voltage corresponding to the input reference voltage And a mode feedback circuit.
- an electric current may each flow from the said 1st power supply line to the said 1st pair of 1st terminal of the said differential pair via the said variable resistance element and the said resistance circuit,
- the resistance of the variable resistance element is controlled by the common mode feedback circuit so that the common mode voltage at the pair of second terminals of the moving pair approaches a predetermined voltage corresponding to the reference voltage.
- the amplifier circuit inputs a current flowing from the first power supply line from the first terminal and outputs the current from the second terminal, the control terminal is connected to the second terminal, and the differential pair A third transistor having the same conductivity type as the first transistor and the second transistor, and a first constant current circuit for flowing a constant current from the second terminal of the third transistor to the second power supply line And a reference voltage generation circuit that generates the reference voltage according to a voltage generated between the first terminal and the second terminal of the third transistor.
- the common mode feedback circuit includes a pair of fourth and fifth transistors connected in parallel at the pair of first terminals and the pair of second terminals, and the pair of fourth and fifth transistors.
- a sixth transistor having the first terminal connected in common with the pair of first terminals of the second power supply line, and the second power supply line from the pair of second terminals of the pair of fourth and fifth transistors.
- a current mirror circuit for flowing a current corresponding to the current flowing from the second terminal of the sixth transistor to the second power supply line, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor and the first power supply line from the first power supply line.
- a second constant current circuit for supplying a constant current to the first terminals of the sixth transistors connected in common.
- the differential signal generated in the load circuit may be input to the pair of control terminals of the pair of fourth and fifth transistors.
- the reference voltage may be input to the control terminal of the sixth transistor.
- the resistance of the variable resistance element may be controlled according to a voltage generated at the second terminal of the sixth transistor.
- the present invention it is possible to maintain a high input impedance without being affected by the gain setting by negative feedback, and to reduce noise caused by the transistors in the input stage.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an amplifier circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the amplifier circuit shown in FIG. 1 includes a differential pair 10, a load circuit 20, an output amplifier stage 30, a feedback circuit 40, a first chopping circuit 51, a second chopping circuit 52, and a third chopping circuit 53.
- the circuit includes a dynamic amplification stage 60, a resistance circuit 70, a p-type MOS transistor Q9, a common mode feedback circuit 80, and a reference voltage generation circuit 90.
- the differential pair 10 is an embodiment of the differential pair in the present invention.
- the load circuit 20 is an embodiment of the load circuit in the present invention.
- the output amplification stage 30 is an embodiment of the output amplification stage in the present invention.
- the feedback circuit 40 is an embodiment of the feedback circuit in the present invention.
- the first chopping circuit 51 is an embodiment of the first chopping circuit in the present invention.
- the second chopping circuit 52 is an embodiment of the second chopping circuit in the present invention.
- the third chopping circuit 53 is an embodiment of the third chopping circuit in the present invention.
- the differential amplification stage 60 is an embodiment of the differential amplification stage in the present invention.
- the resistance circuit 70 is an embodiment of the resistance circuit in the present invention.
- the p-type MOS transistor Q9 is an embodiment of the variable resistance element in the present invention.
- the common mode feedback circuit 80 is an embodiment of the common mode feedback circuit in the present invention.
- the reference voltage generation circuit 90 is an embodiment of the reference voltage generation circuit in the present invention.
- the differential pair 10 includes a pair of p-type MOS first transistor Q1 and second transistor Q2 for inputting a differential signal.
- the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS have a gate (corresponding to the control terminal in the present invention), a source (corresponding to the first terminal in the present invention), and a drain (corresponding to the second terminal in the present invention).
- the current (Id) flowing between the source and the drain is controlled according to the voltage (Vgs) input between the gate and the source.
- the differential pair 10 inputs a differential signal at a pair of gates of the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS.
- the first chopping circuit 51 repeatedly inverts the polarity of the differential signal input to the pair of gates of the differential pair 10 from the input terminal pair (I1, I2), thereby changing the frequency component of the differential signal on the high frequency side. Shift to frequency band. That is, the first chopping circuit 51 modulates the differential signal to be a high frequency signal by repeating polarity inversion of the differential signal.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the first chopping circuit 51.
- the first chopping circuit 51 includes two terminal pairs (T11 and T12, T21 and T22) through which differential signals are input and output, and a switch circuit SW1 that switches connection between these terminal pairs.
- the switch circuit SW1 turns on / off the connection path between the terminal T11 and the terminal T21.
- the switch circuit SW2 turns on / off the connection path between the terminal T12 and the terminal T22.
- the switch circuit SW3 turns on / off the connection path between the terminal T11 and the terminal T22.
- the switch circuit SW4 turns on / off the connection path between the terminal T12 and the terminal T21.
- both switch circuits SW1 and SW2 When both switch circuits SW1 and SW2 are turned on, both switch circuits SW3 and SW4 are turned off. When the switch circuits SW1 and SW2 are both turned off, the switch circuits SW3 and SW4 are both turned on. When each switch circuit repeats such switching, the polarities of the differential signals input and output at the two terminal pairs (T11 and T12, T21 and T22) are repeatedly inverted.
- the polarity inversion of the differential signal in the first chopping circuit 51 may be performed at a constant frequency, for example, or may be performed while randomly changing the frequency within a predetermined range.
- the load circuit 20 is a circuit that generates a differential signal corresponding to the current flowing through the pair of drains of the differential pair 10, and includes resistors R1 and R2 through which current from the pair of drains flows, for example, as shown in FIG. .
- the resistor R1 is provided in a current path between the drain of the first transistor Q1 of the p-type MOS and the second power supply line VSS (ground level), and the resistor R2 is connected to the drain of the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS and the second transistor Q2. It is provided in a current path between the two power supply lines VSS.
- the resistors R1 and R2 are desirably passive elements that do not include an active element such as a transistor that becomes a noise generation source.
- the differential amplification stage 60 is a circuit that amplifies the differential signal generated in the load circuit 20.
- the load circuit 20 includes, for example, a differential pair, a constant current circuit, and a load circuit (a load of an active element such as a current mirror circuit) as in an input amplifier stage (Q21 to 24, 101) of an operational amplifier shown in FIG. Or a load by a resistance element).
- the second chopping circuit 52 repeatedly inverts the polarity of the differential signal output from the differential amplifying stage 60 in synchronization with the polarity inversion of the first chopping circuit 51, thereby changing the frequency component of the differential signal to the first.
- the high frequency side frequency band shifted by the chopping circuit 51 is returned to the original frequency band. That is, the second chopping circuit 52 demodulates the differential signal modulated into the high frequency signal by the first chopping circuit 51 by reversing the polarity again so as to cancel the polarity reversal by the first chopping circuit 51, and the original frequency band Return to the signal.
- the second chopping circuit 52 has, for example, the configuration shown in FIG. 2 and performs switching of the connection path similar to that of the first chopping circuit 51 described above.
- the output amplification stage 30 amplifies the differential signal returned to the original frequency band in the second chopping circuit 52, and outputs it from the output terminal pair (O1, O2).
- the output amplification stage 30 includes a phase compensation circuit for ensuring the stability of the feedback loop, and has a low-pass fill characteristic in which high frequency components above a certain level are attenuated by the action of the phase compensation.
- the output amplifying stage 30 attenuates high frequency components generated by the polarity inversion operations of the first to third chopping circuits 51 to 53 by using a low pass filter characteristic by phase compensation.
- the output amplification stage 30 includes n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8, constant current circuits 31 and 32, and capacitors C1 and C2.
- the n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8 each constitute a common source amplifier circuit.
- the sources of the n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8 are connected to the second power supply line VSS, the drains are connected to the first power supply line VDD via the constant current circuits 31 and 32 serving as loads, and the gates are connected to the second chopping.
- a differential signal from the circuit 52 is input.
- the output amplifier stage 30 outputs a differential signal from the drains of the n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8 to the output terminal pair (O1, O2).
- Capacitors C1 and C2 are phase compensation circuits that suppress high-frequency gain, and are connected between the drains and gates of n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8, respectively.
- the feedback circuit 40 feeds back the differential signal output from the output amplification stage 30 to a pair of sources of the differential pair 10.
- the feedback circuit 40 includes resistors R6 and R7 that connect the output of the output amplification stage 30 (the drains of the n-type MOS transistors Q7 and Q8) and the pair of sources of the differential pair 10, respectively.
- the third chopping circuit 53 performs differential inversion by repeatedly inverting the polarity of the differential signal fed back to the pair of sources of the differential pair 10 by the feedback circuit 40 in synchronization with the polarity inversion of the first chopping circuit 51.
- the frequency component of the signal is shifted again to the frequency band on the high frequency side. That is, before the third chopping circuit 53 feeds back the differential signal demodulated from the modulated differential signal of the differential pair 10 by the second chopping circuit 52 to the differential pair 10 by the feedback circuit 40, Modulate again to be in sync with the pair 10 modulated differential signal.
- the second chopping circuit 52 has the configuration shown in FIG. 2, for example, and performs switching of connection paths similar to the first chopping circuit 51 and the second chopping circuit 52 described above.
- the resistance circuit 70 is provided in a path of current that shunts from the common node N to a pair of sources of the differential pair 10, the bias voltage of the differential pair 10, the gain of the amplifier circuit due to the negative feedback of the feedback circuit 40, etc. Set.
- the resistance circuit 70 has resistors R3, R4, and R5.
- the resistor R3 is provided in a path of current flowing from the common node N to the source of the first transistor Q1 of the p-type MOS.
- the resistor R4 is provided in a path of current flowing from the common node N to the source of the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS.
- the resistor R5 is connected between the sources of the p-type MOS first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2.
- the p-type MOS transistor Q9 is provided in a path of current flowing from the first power supply line VDD to the common node N, and has a variable resistance whose resistance value changes according to the bias voltage Vc output from the common mode feedback circuit 80. Functions as an element.
- the source of the p-type MOS transistor Q9 is connected to the first power supply line VDD, the drain is connected to the common node N, and the bias voltage Vc is input to the gate.
- the common mode feedback circuit 80 has a resistance of the p-type MOS transistor Q9 so that the common mode voltage at the pair of drains of the differential pair 10 approaches a predetermined voltage corresponding to the reference voltage Vr generated in the reference voltage generation circuit 90. Control the value.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the common mode feedback circuit 80 and the reference voltage generation circuit 90.
- the common mode feedback circuit 80 includes a p-type MOS fourth transistor Q4, a fifth transistor Q5, a sixth transistor Q6, a current mirror circuit 81, and a second constant current circuit 82.
- the reference voltage generation circuit 90 includes a p-type MOS third transistor Q3 and a first constant current circuit 91.
- the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS inputs a current flowing from the first power supply line VDD from the source and outputs it from the drain.
- the source of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS is connected to the first power supply line VDD
- the gate is connected to the drain
- the connection point between the gate and the drain is via the first constant current circuit 91.
- the first constant current circuit 91 allows a constant current to flow from the drain of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS to the second power supply line VSS.
- the reference voltage generation circuit 90 supplies the voltage generated at the connection point between the gate and drain of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS to the common mode feedback circuit 80 as the reference voltage Vr.
- the fourth transistor Q4 and the fifth transistor Q5 of the p-type MOS are connected in parallel at the drain and the source (the drains and the sources are connected to each other).
- the source of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS is commonly connected to the sources of the fourth transistor Q4 and the fifth transistor Q5 of the p-type MOS.
- the current mirror circuit 81 supplies a current corresponding to a current flowing from the drains of the fourth transistor Q4 and the fifth transistor Q5 of the p-type MOS to the second power supply line VSS from the drain of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS to the second. To the power line VSS.
- the current mirror circuit 81 includes n-type MOS transistors Q10 and Q11.
- the n-type MOS transistor Q10 has its drain and gate connected to the drain of the p-type MOS fourth transistor Q4 and the drain of the fifth transistor Q5, and its source connected to the second power supply line VSS.
- the n-type MOS transistor Q11 has its drain connected to the drain of the p-type MOS sixth transistor Q6, its gate connected to the gate of the n-type MOS transistor Q10, and its source connected to the second power supply line VSS.
- the second constant current circuit 82 allows a constant current to flow from the first power supply line VDD to the commonly connected sources of the fourth transistor 48, the fifth transistor Q5, and the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS.
- the differential voltage (Vd1, Vd2) generated in the load circuit 20 by the drain current of the differential pair 10 is input to the gate of the fourth transistor Q4 of the p-type MOS and the gate of the fifth transistor Q5.
- the drain of the first transistor Q1 of the p-type MOS in the differential pair 10 is connected to the gate of the fourth transistor Q4 of the p-type MOS, and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS in the differential pair 10
- the drain is connected to the gate of the fifth transistor Q5 of the p-type MOS.
- the reference voltage Vr generated in the reference voltage generation circuit 90 is input to the gate of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS. Specifically, the gate and drain of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS are connected to the gate of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS.
- the voltage generated at the drain of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS is input to the gate of the p-type MOS transistor Q9 as the bias voltage Vc.
- the differential pair 10 the load circuit 20, the resistor circuit 70, and the p-type MOS transistor Q5 constitute the first differential amplifier stage.
- the differential signal amplified in the first differential amplification stage is further amplified in the differential amplification stage 60 and the output amplification stage 30.
- the differential signal output from the output amplifier stage 30 is negatively fed back to the first stage differential amplifier stage (source of the differential pair 10) via the feedback circuit 40.
- the currents flowing in the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS of the differential pair 10 are set to be substantially equal to each other in the load circuit 20, the resistor circuit 70, the feedback circuit 40, and the like.
- the drain current flowing through the first transistor Q1 of the p-type MOS becomes larger than the drain current of the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS.
- the voltage of the resistor R1 is higher than the voltage of the resistor R2, and the gate voltage of the n-type MOS transistor Q7 is higher than the gate voltage of the n-type MOS transistor Q8, so that the voltage of the output terminal O1 is higher than that of the output terminal O2.
- the current flowing through the resistor R6 of the feedback circuit 40 becomes larger than the current flowing through the resistor R7. Therefore, the current flowing into the source of the first transistor Q1 of the p-type MOS Negative feedback acts in a direction to make the current smaller than the current flowing into the source of the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS.
- the gain of the circuit is mainly set by the impedance of the feedback circuit 40 and the impedance of the first differential amplification stage as seen from the connection point with the feedback circuit 40.
- the input terminal pair (I1, I2) is directly connected to the gates of the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS, the input impedance of the amplifier circuit is The circuit connected to the drain and source sides of the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS is hardly affected. That is, the amplifier circuit shown in FIG. 1 maintains a high input impedance without being affected by the gain setting by negative feedback.
- the amplifier circuit shown in FIG. 1 has an advantage that a high input impedance can be maintained without being affected by the gain setting, while the output signal is fed back to the source side of the differential pair 10. For this reason, there is a problem that the output signal is easily influenced by the voltage fluctuation of the power supply line, and the power supply voltage fluctuation rejection ratio (PSRR) is lowered.
- PSRR power supply voltage fluctuation rejection ratio
- the amplifier circuit shown in FIG. 1 when the mutual conductance gm of the first and second transistors (Q1, Q2) constituting the differential pair 10 changes, the point of view from the connection point with the feedback circuit 40 is changed accordingly.
- the impedance of the first differential amplifier stage changes, and as a result, the gain of the amplifier circuit changes with negative feedback applied.
- the transconductance gm of the MOS transistor changes according to the bias current flowing through the drain, when the bias current changes according to the fluctuation of the power supply voltage, the gain of the amplifier circuit in a state where negative feedback is applied, The output signal varies according to the change in the gain.
- the output signal is fed back to the high impedance gate of the MOS transistor as in the instrumentation amplifier shown in FIG.
- the negative feedback is applied even if the mutual conductance gm of the MOS transistor varies somewhat.
- the gain of the amplifier circuit does not change greatly according to this.
- the mutual conductance gm of the MOS transistor is one of the factors that determine the gain of the amplifier circuit in a state where negative feedback is applied, the fluctuation of the mutual conductance gm is directly Cause fluctuations in gain.
- the common-mode voltage of the differential voltages (Vd1, Vd2) generated in the load circuit 20 is kept constant in order to suppress the fluctuation of the output signal due to the fluctuation of the power supply voltage.
- the resistance value of the p-type MOS transistor Q9 is controlled.
- the source potential of the sixth transistor Q6 is adjusted by the constant current circuit 82, and the impedance of the sixth transistor Q6 of the p-type MOS is reduced. Since the impedance of the n-type MOS transistor Q11 increases and the impedance of the p-type MOS sixth transistor Q6 decreases, the bias voltage Vc output from the drain of the p-type MOS sixth transistor Q6 changes in the upward direction. To do. When the bias voltage Vc changes in the upward direction, the resistance value of the p-type MOS transistor Q9 increases, so that the bias current of the differential pair 10 flowing from the first power supply line VDD via the p-type MOS transistor Q9 decreases.
- the reference voltage Vr is generated based on the voltage between the gate and the source of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS whose gate and drain are connected.
- the threshold voltage Vth of the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS changes, the reference voltage Vr changes accordingly, and the common-mode voltage of the voltages (Vd1, Vd2) changes.
- the first transistor Q1 and the second transistor Q2 of the p-type MOS of the differential pair 10 having the same conductivity type as the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS also have the same temperature as the third transistor Q3 of the p-type MOS.
- the threshold voltage Vth changes due to the influence.
- the differential signal is basically amplified in the same manner as in the direct current state, but the difference from the direct current state is that the first differential amplification stage (10, 20, 70, Q9).
- the frequency component of the differential signal amplified in the subsequent differential amplification stage 60 is shifted to a higher frequency band than in the case of the DC state.
- Flicker noise (1 / f noise) that becomes an obstacle to amplifying a direct current or low frequency minute signal increases as the frequency decreases, but almost disappears in a high frequency band.
- the differential signal is amplified in a high frequency band with almost no flicker noise.
- the flicker noise component contained in the output signal is greatly reduced.
- the high frequency component generated by the polarity inversion operation of the first to third chopping circuits 51 to 53 is attenuated using the low pass filter characteristic by the phase compensation.
- the differential signal output from the output amplifier stage 30 is a very low noise signal from which both flicker noise and noise from the first to third chopping circuits 51 to 53 are removed.
- the differential signal is input to the pair of gates of the differential pair 10 and the difference generated in the load circuit 20 connected to the drain of the differential pair 10.
- the dynamic signal is amplified in the output amplification stage 30, and the amplified differential signal is fed back to the pair of sources of the differential pair 10 via the feedback circuit 40. Accordingly, a high input impedance can be maintained in the pair of gates of the differential pair 10 without being affected by the gain of the negative feedback of the amplifier circuit, and the first transistors Q1 of the pair of p-type MOSs of the differential pair 10 can be maintained.
- the input stage can be amplified by the second transistor Q2
- the number of transistors in the input stage can be reduced and noise such as flicker can be reduced as compared with the prior art. Therefore, for example, a direct current or low frequency minute signal input from a Wheatstone bridge type resistance sensor or the like can be amplified with very low noise, and a highly accurate sensor can be realized.
- current consumption can be reduced and the circuit scale can be reduced.
- the amplifier circuit according to the present embodiment is configured such that current flows from the first power supply line VDD to the pair of sources of the differential pair 10 via the p-type MOS transistor Q9 and the resistor circuit 70.
- the resistance of the p-type MOS transistor Q5 is controlled so that the common mode voltage at the pair of drains of the differential pair 10 approaches a predetermined voltage corresponding to the reference voltage Vr.
- the bias current flowing through each transistor (Q1, Q2) of the differential pair 10 is less likely to change due to the influence of the power supply voltage, so that fluctuation of the bias current due to the influence of the power supply voltage is suppressed, and the gain of the amplifier circuit is stabilized.
- fluctuations in the output signal due to fluctuations in the power supply voltage can be reduced.
- the polarity of the differential signal input to the differential pair 10 is repeatedly inverted by the first chopping circuit 51, so that the frequency component of the differential signal is high frequency. Is shifted to the frequency band on the side. Further, the polarity of the differential signal input to the output amplification stage 30 is repeatedly inverted by the second chopping circuit 52 in synchronization with the polarity inverting operation of the first chopping circuit 51, so that the frequency component of the differential signal is The original frequency band is returned from the frequency band on the high frequency side.
- the polarity of the differential signal fed back from the differential amplifier stage 60 to the differential pair 10 by the feedback circuit 40 is repeatedly inverted by the third chopping circuit 53 in synchronization with the polarity inverting operation of the first chopping circuit 51.
- the frequency component of the differential signal is shifted to the frequency band on the high frequency side. Therefore, in the first differential amplification stage including the differential pair 10, the differential signal is amplified while being shifted to a high frequency band where the influence of flicker noise is small.
- the flicker noise component included in the signal can be greatly reduced.
- the frequency component due to the polarity inversion operation included in the differential signal returned to the original frequency band by the second chopping circuit 52 is the low-pass filter characteristic of the differential amplifier stage 60. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an output signal with very low noise in which both flicker noise and noise due to polarity inversion operation are reduced.
- the low-pass filter characteristic of the differential amplification stage 60 also serves as a band limitation by phase compensation to ensure the stability of the negative feedback system, and therefore a filter circuit for removing noise due to the polarity inversion operation is separately provided. There is no need to provide it, and an increase in circuit scale can be suppressed.
- phase compensation (C11, R14) is performed inside the operational amplifiers U1, U2, it is difficult to reduce low-frequency noise using a chopping circuit.
- the high-frequency component is prevented from passing through the low-speed output amplifier stage 30 that performs phase compensation, so that chopping is performed while performing phase compensation.
- Low frequency noise can be reduced by (polarity reversal operation).
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes various variations. That is, the circuit configuration described in the above-described embodiment is an example, and can be replaced with another circuit that realizes a similar function.
- a p-type MOS transistor is used for the differential pair, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the differential pair may be configured using n-type MOS transistors. It is also possible to configure a differential pair or another circuit using a semiconductor element (for example, a bipolar transistor) other than a MOS transistor.
- the voltage of the first power supply line is higher than the voltage of the second power supply line.
- the first power supply line is set to the ground level and the second power supply line is It will be the power supply voltage.
- the third chopping circuit 53 is provided between the feedback circuit 40 and the differential pair 10.
- feedback is provided between the chopping circuit 53 and the differential pair 10.
- a circuit may be provided.
- DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Differential pair, 20 ... Load circuit, 30 ... Output amplification stage, 40 ... Feedback circuit, 51 ... 1st chopping circuit, 52 ... 2nd chopping circuit, 53 ... 3rd chopping circuit, 60 ... Differential amplification stage, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 70 ... Resistor circuit, 80 ... Common mode feedback circuit, 81 ... Current mirror circuit, 82 ... Second constant current circuit, 90 ... Reference voltage generation circuit, 91 ... First constant current circuit, Q1 ... First transistor, Q2 ... First Two transistors, Q3 ... third transistor, Q4 ... fourth transistor, Q5 ... fifth transistor, Q6 ... sixth transistor, R1 to R5 ... resistors, C1, C2 ... capacitors.
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これにより、前記差動対を含む初段の差動増幅段では、フリッカノイズ等の低周波ノイズの影響が小さい高周波数帯域にシフトされた状態で差動信号の増幅が行われるため、増幅結果の差動信号に含まれる低周波ノイズの成分が大幅に低減する。また、前記出力増幅段が有する低域通過フィルタ特性によって前記極性反転動作による高い周波数の成分が減衰するため、前記出力増幅段の出力信号は、低周波ノイズと高周波ノイズの両方が低減された信号となる。
これにより、フリッカノイズ等の低周波ノイズの影響が小さい高周波数帯域にシフトされた状態の差動信号に対する増幅ゲインが高められるため、出力信号に含まれる低周波ノイズ成分が低減する。
上記の構成によれば、前記第1の電源ラインから前記可変抵抗素子及び前記抵抗回路を介して前記差動対の前記一対の第1端子へそれぞれ電流が流れるように構成されており、前記差動対の前記一対の第2端子におけるコモンモード電圧が前記基準電圧に応じた所定の電圧に近づくように、前記可変抵抗素子の抵抗が前記コモンモード帰還回路によって制御される。これにより、差動対の各トランジスタに流れるバイアス電流が電源電圧の影響で変化し難くなり、電源電圧の影響によるバイアス電流の変動が抑制され、前記増幅回路のゲインが安定化され、電源電圧の変動による出力信号の変動が低減される。
図1に示す増幅回路は、差動対10と、負荷回路20と、出力増幅段30と、帰還回路40と、第1チョッピング回路51,第2チョッピング回路52,第3チョッピング回路53と、差動増幅段60と、抵抗回路70と、p型MOSのトランジスタQ9と、コモンモード帰還回路80と、基準電圧発生回路90とを有する。
差動対10は、本発明における差動対の一実施形態である。
負荷回路20は、本発明における負荷回路の一実施形態である。
出力増幅段30は、本発明における出力増幅段の一実施形態である。
帰還回路40は、本発明における帰還回路の一実施形態である。
第1チョッピング回路51は、本発明における第1チョッピング回路の一実施形態である。
第2チョッピング回路52は、本発明における第2チョッピング回路の一実施形態である。
第3チョッピング回路53は、本発明における第3チョッピング回路の一実施形態である。
差動増幅段60は、本発明における差動増幅段の一実施形態である。
抵抗回路70は、本発明における抵抗回路の一実施形態である。
p型MOSのトランジスタQ9は、本発明における可変抵抗素子の一実施形態である。
コモンモード帰還回路80は、本発明におけるコモンモード帰還回路の一実施形態である。
基準電圧発生回路90は、本発明における基準電圧発生回路の一実施形態である。
第1チョッピング回路51は、例えば図2に示すように、差動信号が入出力される2組の端子対(T11とT12,T21とT22)と、この端子対同士の接続を切り換えるスイッチ回路SW1~SW4を有する。
スイッチ回路SW1は、端子T11と端子T21との接続経路をオン・オフする。スイッチ回路SW2は、端子T12と端子T22との接続経路をオン・オフする。スイッチ回路SW3は、端子T11と端子T22との接続経路をオン・オフする。スイッチ回路SW4は、端子T12と端子T21との接続経路をオン・オフする。
第2チョッピング回路52は、例えば図2に示す構成を有しており、上述した第1チョッピング回路51と同様な接続経路のスイッチングを行う。
第2チョッピング回路52は、例えば図2に示す構成を有しており、上述した第1チョッピング回路51及び第2チョッピング回路52と同様な接続経路のスイッチングを行う。
図3の例において、コモンモード帰還回路80は、p型MOSの第4トランジスタQ4,第5トランジスタQ5,第6トランジスタQ6と、カレントミラー回路81と、第2定電流回路82を有する。基準電圧発生回路90は、p型MOSの第3トランジスタQ3と第1定電流回路91を有する。
入力端子I1の電圧が入力端子I2の電圧に比べて低くなると、p型MOSの第1トランジスタQ1に流れるドレイン電流がp型MOSの第2トランジスタQ2のドレイン電流に比べて大きくなる。この場合、抵抗R1の電圧が抵抗R2の電圧より高くなり、n型MOSのトランジスタQ7のゲート電圧がn型MOSトランジスタQ8のゲート電圧より高くなるため、出力端子O1の電圧が出力端子O2に比べて低くなる。出力端子O1の電圧が出力端子O2に比べて低くなると、帰還回路40の抵抗R6に流れる電流が抵抗R7に流れる電流に比べて大きくなるため、p型MOSの第1トランジスタQ1のソースに流れ込む電流をp型MOSの第2トランジスタQ2のソースに流れ込む電流に比べて小さくする方向に負帰還が働く。
他方、入力端子I1の電圧が入力端子I2の電圧に比べて高くなると、上記と逆の動作により、出力端子O1の電圧が出力端子O2に比べて低くなるとともに、そのゲインを抑える方向に負帰還が働く。
図4に示すインスツルメンテーション・アンプのように、MOSトランジスタの高インピーダンスのゲートに出力信号を帰還する方式の場合、MOSトランジスタの相互コンダクタンスgmが多少変動しても、負帰還をかけた状態の増幅回路のゲインがこれに応じて大きく変化することはない。これに対し、図1に示す増幅回路では、MOSトランジスタの相互コンダクタンスgmが負帰還をかけた状態の増幅回路のゲインを決める要素の1つになっているため、相互コンダクタンスgmの変動は直接的にゲインの変動をもたらす。
他方、差動電圧(Vd1,Vd2)の同相電圧が低下すると、上記と逆の動作によって、p型MOSの第6トランジスタQ6のドレインから出力されるバイアス電圧Vcは低下方向に変化し、差動電圧(Vd1,Vd2)の同相電圧の低下を抑える方向に帰還が働く。
このような負帰還動作によって、差動電圧(Vd1,Vd2)の同相電圧は、基準電圧Vrに応じた所定の電圧へ近づくように制御される。
以上が、図1~図3に示す増幅回路の直流状態における動作である。
この場合も、基本的には直流状態の場合と同様に差動信号の増幅が行われるのであるが、直流状態の場合と異なる点は、初段の差動増幅段(10,20,70,Q9)と次段の差動増幅段60において増幅される差動信号の周波数成分が、直流状態の場合に比べて高い周波数帯域にシフトしていることにある。直流若しくは低周波の微小信号を増幅する上で障害となるフリッカノイズ(1/fノイズ)は、周波数が低くなるほど増大するが、高い周波数帯域ではほとんどなくなる。従って、初段の差動増幅段(10,20,70,Q9)と次段の差動増幅段60では、フリッカノイズのほとんどない高周波帯域において差動信号が増幅されることになるため、増幅された出力信号に含まれるフリッカノイズ成分が大幅に小さくなる。また、出力増幅段30においては、位相補償によるローパスフィルタ特性を利用して、第1乃至第3チョッピング回路51~53の極性反転動作に伴い発生した高周波数成分が減衰される。その結果、出力増幅段30から出力される差動信号は、フリッカノイズと第1乃至第3チョッピング回路51~53のノイズが共に除去された、非常に低ノイズの信号となる。
従って、例えばホイートストンブリッジ形式の抵抗センサなどから入力される直流若しくは低周波の微小信号を、非常に低いノイズで増幅することが可能になり、高精度なセンサを実現することが可能となる。
入力段のトランジスタの数が少なくなることにより、消費電流を減らすことができるとともに、回路規模を小さくすることができる。
従って、差動対10を含む初段の差動増幅段においては、フリッカノイズの影響が小さい高周波数帯域にシフトされた状態で差動信号の増幅が行われることになるため、増幅結果の差動信号に含まれるフリッカノイズの成分を大幅に低減することができる。
上述した実施形態では、第1の電源ラインの電圧が第2の電源ラインの電圧より高くなっているが、トランジスタの種類によっては、第1の電源ラインをグランドレベルとして、第2の電源ラインを電源電圧とすることになる。
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- 一対の第1トランジスタ及び第2トランジスタを含む差動対であって、前記第1トランジスタ及び前記第2トランジスタの各々が、制御端子と第1端子との間の電圧に応じて前記第1端子と第2端子との間に流れる電流を制御する所定のタイプのトランジスタであり、前記一対の第1トランジスタ及び第2トランジスタが持つ一対の前記制御端子において差動信号を入力する差動対と、
前記差動対における前記一対の第1トランジスタ及び第2トランジスタが持つ一対の前記第2端子に流れる電流に応じた差動信号を生じる負荷回路と、
前記負荷回路において生じた差動信号を増幅して出力する出力増幅段と、
前記出力増幅段から出力される差動信号を、前記差動対における前記一対の第1トランジスタ及び第2トランジスタが持つ一対の前記第1端子に帰還する帰還回路と
を有することを特徴とする増幅回路。 - 前記差動対における前記一対の制御端子へ入力される差動信号の極性を繰り返し反転させることにより、当該差動信号の周波数成分を高周波側の周波数帯域へシフトさせる第1チョッピング回路と、
前記出力増幅段に入力される差動信号の極性を、前記第1チョッピング回路の前記極性反転動作と同期して繰り返し反転させることにより、当該差動信号の周波数成分を前記高周波側の周波数帯域から元の周波数帯域へ戻す第2チョッピング回路と、
前記帰還回路によって前記差動対の前記一対の第1端子に帰還される差動信号の極性を、前記第1チョッピング回路の前記極性反転動作と同期して繰り返し反転させることにより、当該差動信号の周波数成分を前記高周波側の周波数帯域へシフトさせる第3チョッピング回路と
を有し、
前記出力増幅段は、前記第1チョッピング回路における前記極性反転動作による周波数成分を減衰させる低域通過フィルタ特性を有する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の増幅回路。 - 前記負荷回路から前記第2チョッピング回路へ入力される差動信号を増幅する差動増幅段を有する
ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の増幅回路。 - 共通ノードから前記差動対における前記一対の第1端子へ分流する電流の経路に設けられた抵抗回路と、
第1の電源ラインから前記共通ノードへ流れる電流の経路に設けられた可変抵抗素子と、
前記差動対の前記一対の第2端子におけるコモンモード電圧が、入力される基準電圧に応じた所定の電圧に近づくように前記可変抵抗素子の抵抗を制御するコモンモード帰還回路と
を有することを特徴とする請求項1乃至3の何れか一項に記載の増幅回路。 - 前記第1の電源ラインから流れる電流を前記第1端子より入力して前記第2端子から出力し、前記制御端子が前記第2端子と接続され、前記差動対を構成する前記第1トランジスタ及び前記第2トランジスタと同一の導電型を有する第3トランジスタと、前記第3トランジスタの前記第2端子から第2の電源ラインへ一定の電流を流す第1定電流回路とを含み、前記第3トランジスタの前記第1端子と前記第2端子との間に生じる電圧に応じた前記基準電圧を発生する基準電圧発生回路を有する
ことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の増幅回路。 - 前記コモンモード帰還回路は、
一対の前記第1端子と一対の前記第2端子において並列に接続された一対の第4トランジスタ及び第5トランジスタと、
前記一対の第4トランジスタ及び第5トランジスタが持つ前記一対の第1端子と共通に接続された前記第1端子を有する第6トランジスタと、
前記一対の第4トランジスタ及び第5トランジスタが持つ前記一対の第2端子から前記第2の電源ラインに流れる電流に応じた電流を、前記第6トランジスタの前記第2端子から前記第2の電源ラインへ流すカレントミラー回路と、
前記第1の電源ラインから前記第4トランジスタ、前記第5トランジスタ及び前記第6トランジスタの共通接続された前記第1端子へ一定の電流を流す第2定電流回路と
を含み、
前記負荷回路に生じる差動信号を、前記一対の第4トランジスタ及び第5トランジスタが持つ一対の前記制御端子に入力し、
前記基準電圧を前記第6トランジスタの前記制御端子に入力し、
前記第6トランジスタの前記第2端子に生じる電圧に応じて前記可変抵抗素子の抵抗を制御する
ことを特徴とする請求項5に記載の増幅回路。
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