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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:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
R Frank Bell, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330 10 ; 3302 / ; 330297 ; 330 51 ;
Abstract
An apparatus amplifies a signal in two different modes. The apparatus amplifies the signal in a linear mode when the voltage of the signal is much less than the voltage of the power source, and in a switching mode when the signal is at other voltages.