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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1996
Tuan V Ngo, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Craig M Brannon, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
VTC Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A direct AC-coupled amplifier for use with a plurality of magnetoresistive read elements includes a differential amplifier having first and second inputs and first and second outputs. A plurality of input circuits are provided, one for each MR element. Each input circuit has first and second connections to opposite sides of the respective MR element and a pair of emitter-follower its. Each emitter-follower circuit comprises a transistor having a base connected to one of the connections and a collector arranged to be connected a first voltage source. A capacitor is connected between the emitter of each of the transistors and a respective input of the amplifier. A current is applied to the first and second connections of a selected one of the input circuits to operate the respective MR element.