DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT HAVING A DRIVER WITH SQUARE-LAW CHARACTERISTIC.

摘要

A differential amplifier circuit having a superior transconductance linearity within a wider input voltage range, which includes a first differential pair of transistors and a driver circuit for driving the differential pair by its output current. This output current has a square-law characteristic to compensate in nonlinearity the transconductance of the differential pair. The driver circuit is a squarer or a quadritail circuit. A signal to be amplified is applied to a pair of input terminals. Input ends of the differential pair are connected to a pair of input terminals to be applied with a first input signal. Input ends of the driver circuit is connected to the pair of input terminals to be applied with a second input signal. The first and second input signals are proportional in amplitude to the signal to be amplified.