Control structures are provided to accurately maintain amplifier
common-mode levels at the predetermined level of a common-mode reference
voltage V.sub.cm. The disclosed control structures provide amplifier
feedback along a first feedback path that is configured to provide high
gain and low bandwidth to closely maintain amplifier common-mode level at
the predetermined level of a common-mode reference voltage V.sub.cm. They
also provide amplifier feedback along a second feedback path that is
configured to provide wide bandwidth to substantially reduce
perturbations of the common-mode level that would have otherwise been
induced by input signal transients. In an important amplifier feature,
these controls are obtained without use of structures (e.g., capacitors
and switching transistors) that use substantial current which reduces
amplifier efficiency. Although the disclosed control structures may be
used in a variety of systems, they are particularly suited for use in
samplers and converter stages of pipelined analog-to-digital converters.