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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Pak-Ho Yeung, San Jose, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, , DE (US);
Abstract
A drive transistor has its base coupled to a circuit input and its collector coupled to provide an output current at a circuit output. The output current is responsive to a base current received at the base of the drive transistor. A voltage induced across a resistor connected between the circuit input and the base of the drive transistor indicates the amount of drive transistor base current. A portion of an input current presented at the circuit input is diverted to the circuit output based on the indicated amount of drive transistor base current. The remaining portion of the input current is provided as the drive transistor base current. The drive transistor is thus prevented from saturating.
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