US 7,489,193 B2
Operational amplifier
Kohichiroh Adachi, Osaka (Japan)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/723,516.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-089414 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0285164 A1, Dec. 13, 2007
Int. Cl. H03F 3/45 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 330—253  [330/255; 330/263] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operational amplifier comprising:
a pair of differential stages;
a cascode amplifier stage; and
an output stage, wherein
a threshold voltage of an output transistor constituting the output stage is higher than a threshold voltage of other transistors.