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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:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Earl C Herleikson, Otis Orchards, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
329204 ;
Abstract
A low noise floor amplitude detector circuit utilizes a pair of semiconductor diodes connected between a radio frequency signal source and a terminating device that biases the diode at a conduction angle selected for maximum signal to noise ratio in the detector circuit. Optimum bias conditions and a low signal to noise ratio is achieved by using a conduction angle at each diode of 1.656 radians (approximately 67 degrees). This also results in matching of the radio frequency load impedance of the amplitude detector to the radio frequency impedance of a signal source.