Differential amplifier circuit for a capacitive acoustic transducer and corresponding capacitive acoustic transducer

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PATENT NO 9877106
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15466385

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An amplifier circuit, for a capacitive acoustic transducer defining a sensing capacitor that generates a sensing signal as a function of an acoustic signal, has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, which are coupled to the sensing capacitor and: a dummy capacitor, which has a capacitance corresponding to a capacitance at rest of the sensing capacitor and a first terminal connected to the first input terminal; a first buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to the second input terminal and defines a first differential output of the circuit; a second buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to a second terminal of the dummy capacitor and defines a second differential output of the circuit; and a feedback stage, which is coupled between the differential outputs and the first input terminal, for feeding back onto the first input terminal a feedback signal, which has an amplitude that is a function of the sensing signal and is in phase opposition with respect thereto.

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STMICROELECTRONICS S R LITALY BRIANZA MONZA MONZA AND BRIANZA

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Barbieri, Andrea Casalpusterlengo, IT 23 77
Nicollini, Germano Piacenza, IT 104 1291

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