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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Francois Debroux, Saint-Etienne-de-Saint-George, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF Semiconducteurs Specifiques, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330278 ; 230295 ;
Abstract
A variable gain amplifier which has n parallel-connected elementary amplifiers, and components for selecting j-order (j=1, 2, . . . , n) elementary amplifier according to the desired gain. Each elementary amplifier is of a common base type. The variable gain amplifier includes components that are used to obtain a low value input impedance that is independent of the gain of the selected elementary amplifier. The variable gain amplifier will find particular application at the input stages of amplification lines of receiving circuits which require noise performance characteristics.