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Method and apparatus for providing a representation of an input voltage at a disabled voltage multiplier's output
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Inventors: Fergus, George H.;
Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
Primary Examiner: Sikes; William L.
Assistant Examiner: Abraham; Fetsum
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Markison; Timothy W.
A voltage multiplier includes input and output differential multiplying stages, first and second operational amplifiers, and first and second linear devices. An input voltage is received by an inverting input of the first operational amplifier via the first linear device. An output of the voltage multiplier is provided at an output of the second operational amplifier. When the voltage multiplier is disabled, the second linear device provides the input voltage a linear path to an inverting input of the second operational amplifier and, when the voltage multiplier is operational, the second linear device has negligible effect on the voltage multiplier. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A voltage multiplier that provides a linear representation of an input voltage when the voltage multiplier is disabled, the voltage multiplier comprises: an input differential multiplying stage that includes a first input and a second input, wherein the first input is operably coupled to a reference voltage; an output differential multiplying stage that includes a third input and a fourth input, wherein the third input is operably coupled to the second input and the fourth input is operably coupled to either the first input or the reference voltage; a first operational amplifier, wherein the input voltage is received at an inverting input of the first operational amplifier via a first linear device, a noninverting input of the first operational amplifier is operably coupled to the reference voltage, and an output of the first operational amplifier is operably coupled to the second input and the third input; a second operational amplifier, wherein an inverting input of the second operational amplifier is operably coupled to an output of the output differential multiplying stage, a noninverting input of the second operational amplifier is operably coupled to the reference voltage, and an output of the second operational amplifier provides an output of the voltage multiplier; and a second linear device that is operably coupled to the inverting input of the second operational amplifier, wherein, when the voltage multiplier is disabled, the second linear device provides the input voltage a linear path to the second operational amplifier, and when the voltage multiplier is operational, the second linear device has negligible effect on the voltage multiplier.
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In the voltage multiplier of claim 1, the second linear device comprises a resistor.
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The voltage multiplier of claim 1 further comprises a linear feedback device that is operably coupled to the inverting input of the second operational amplifier and the output of the second operational amplifier, wherein, when the voltage multiplier is disabled, the linear representation of the input voltage provided at the output of the voltage multiplier is based on a ratio of the linear feedback device to a sum of the first linear device and the second linear device
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