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Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976

Filed:

Aug. 25, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:

Larry Allen Cochran, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Leopold Albert Harwood, Somerville, NJ (US);

Assignee:

RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330 29 ; 330 / ;
Abstract

A signal amplifier is supplied with input signals at its base electrode and also is supplied at its emitter with quiescent operating current from a current source. Amplified output signals developed at the collector of the amplifier are coupled to a transistor-diode current splitter. The relative division of current in the splitter is controlled by coupling a variable direct current supply to the diode. The latter supply comprises a source of direct voltage, a variable resistive voltage divider coupled across the voltage source, and the combination of a voltage follower stage, a first series resistor coupled between the resistive divider and the input of the voltage follower and a second resistor coupled between the output of the follower and the diode. Gain controlled push-pull output signals may be provided by differentially coupling a second amplifier device to the first and coupling the output of a second current splitter to the second amplifier. The second current splitter is then also controlled by the same current source as the first.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cochran, Larry. (1976). Controllable gain signal amplifier (U.S. Patent No. 3999141). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/3999141

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