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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Einar Oddbjorn Traa, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235197 ; 307229 ;
Abstract
An electronically programmable function generator with two dimensional programmability is provided which has an output, a current, which is a piecewise linear function ('transfer curve') of its input, a voltage. The transfer curve consists of contiguous straight line segments and the breakpoints between the line segments are electronically non-interactive and independently programmable. The generator in its preferred embodiment linearizes the response of a non-linear amplifier or can be utilized wherever an empirical non-linear function is needed in an analog system.