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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. 29, 1987
Filed:
May. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis P Colin, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307492 ; 328145 ; 329192 ;
Abstract
A logarithmic rf amplifier includes a plurality of cascaded stages each including a differential amplifier which performs full-wave rectification of the rf signal and a circuit for providing a video signal representative of the full-wave rectified rf signal. The logarithmic amplifier further includes a circuit for supplying rf signals of equal amplitude and opposite polarity to the inputs of the first differential amplifier stage and a circuit for summing the video signals from each of the stages and providing a logarithmic video output. The amplifier exhibits extremely fast pulse response and clean limiting.