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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1986
James H Doty, II, Indianapolis, IN (US);
RCA Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An amplifier applies turn-on bias to the gate electrode of an output field-effect transistor in response to a first level of an input signal applied to the amplifier. A switched power source supplies operating current to the amplifier for developing the turn-on bias when the amplifier input signal is at the first level. A feedback-controlled bypass circuit diverts a portion of the operating current from the amplifier during an initial turn-on period and gradually reduces the magnitude of the diverted operating current as the output transistor turns on thereby producing a 'soft' turn-on of the output transistor so as to minimize a potential for creating radio frequency interference in nearby RFI sensitive devices such as the tuner in a television or radio receiver. Complementary circuits include dual current supply and diversion circuits providing controlled rise and fall times for complementary field-effect output transistors.