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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis L Rogers, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 61 ; 327343 ; 327344 ;
Abstract
A circuit that can switch between a peak detect and an averaging mode is described. In a preferred embodiment, when the circuit is in a peak detect mode a first transistor is on and a second is off, enabling an amplifier in the circuit to produce a signal representative of the peak value of an input signal. In an averaging mode, the first transistor is off, and a second transistor turns on, disabling the output of the amplifier, and thus enabling the averaging mode components of the invention.