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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack C Sondermeyer, Meridian, MS (US);
James W Brown, Sr, Meridian, MS (US);
Assignee:
Peavey Electronics Corporation, Meridian, MS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381 61 ; 381 62 ;
Abstract
A multi-stage solid state amplifier emulates the distortion associated with grid current flow in a multi-stage tube amplifier by means of a clipping device in the circuit between each series connected stage. In a particular embodiment, each stage includes a field effect transistor (FET) and the clipping device is a diode.