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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:
Dec. 25, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307362 ; 307246 ; 307294 ;
Abstract
The response time of an ordinary or differential transistor switching circuit controlled by the charging of a capacitor C.sub.1 is shortened by charging the capacitor through a constant current source comprising a transistor Q.sub.6, a resistor R.sub.1 and diodes D.sub.1, D.sub.2, to thereby provide a sharp transfer characteristic. The charging time may be even further shortened by increasing the constant current supply at an intermediate threshold level using a further ordinary or differential transistor switching circuit, thereby providing a break in the response characteristic and increasing its slope after the threshold point.