| US 7,515,001 B2 | ||
| AC amplifier and piezoelectric vibrator oscillator | ||
| Masaaki Kamiya, Chuo-ku (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Interchip Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/517,024. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-260161 (JP), filed on Sep. 08, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0063768 A1, Mar. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H03G 3/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 330—285 [330/136] | 17 Claims |

| 1. An AC amplifier, comprising:
an amplification circuit; and
a bias circuit, wherein
the bias circuit generates a bias voltage conformed to an amplitude of an AC signal inputted into the amplification circuit,
and
the bias voltage controls an operating point of the amplification circuit, wherein
the AC signal is inputted into the bias circuit via connecting wiring, and
the bias voltage generated by the bias circuit is supplied to the amplification circuit via the connecting wiring, and further
wherein
the amplification circuit has a first MOS transistor of a p- or n-type and a second MOS transistor of an n- or p-type having
drains interconnected,
the amplification circuit includes a first feedback resistance connected between the drain and a gate of the second MOS transistor,
and a first coupling capacitor connected between a gate of the first MOS transistor and the gate of the second MOS transistor,
the gate of the first MOS transistor is connected to the connecting wiring,
the gate of the first or second MOS transistor is used as an input terminal for the signal to be amplified, and
the interconnected drains of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor are used as an output terminal for the
amplified signal.
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