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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arun P Sahasrabudhe, Monroeville, PA (US);
Thomas C Matty, N. Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330109 ;
Abstract
A signal amplifier and clipper apparatus is disclosed including two four terminal capacitors and an operational amplifier to obtain fail-safe voltage gain which will not increase due to the failure of any element of the apparatus. A signal clipping operation is provided by the saturation of the operational amplifier output at the supply voltages, such that a maximum output signal level is provided by a fail-safe attenuator operation that will not decrease.