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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:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Jing-hong C Zhan, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stewart S. Taylor, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Jing-Hong C Zhan, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stewart S. Taylor, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gain-step transconductor circuit operates with multiple gain values. The gain can be stepped from one gain value to another by selecting a different signal path between an input node and an output amplifier. The output amplifier may operate as a common source amplifier or a common gate amplifier.