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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Sebastien Nuttinck, Heverlee, NL;
Tony Vanhoucke, Bierbeek, BE;
Godefridus Hurkx, Best, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device () for generating an output signal (So) having substantially same or increased output frequency compared to an input frequency of an input signal (Si), the device () comprising: a bipolar transistor () having a base (B), a collector (C), and an emitter (E); a control unit () adapted for controlling application of the input signal (Si) to the base (B) and adapted for controlling application of a collector-emitter voltage between the collector (C) and the emitter (E) in a manner for operating the bipolar transistor () in a snap-back regime to obtain a non-linear collector current characteristic to thereby generate the output signal (So) having the substantially same or increased output frequency resulting from a steeply rising collector current.