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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Franklin M. Murden, Greensboro, NC (US);
James C. Camp, Greensboro, NC (US);
Franklin M. Murden, Greensboro, NC (US);
James C. Camp, Greensboro, NC (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
Bias controllers are provided which alter a bias control signal so that a bias signal (e.g., a current signal) of an electronic network rapidly responds to increases in the rate-of-change of the network's analog input signal. This enhances the linearity of a system that includes the electronic network. Subsequent decreases in the rate-of-change are sensed and a decrease of the bias control signal is then paced at a rate selected to ignore short-term rate-of-change variations (e.g., modulation variations) but follow longer-term rate-of-change reductions to thereby enhance system efficiency without sacrificing system linearity.