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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Thomas J. Bingel, Indian Rocks Beach, FL (US);
Douglas E. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven J. Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Deanne Tran Vo, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Craig G. Ross, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Derek Mead, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Thomas J. Bingel, Indian Rocks Beach, FL (US);
Douglas E. Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven J. Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Deanne Tran Vo, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Craig G. Ross, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Derek Mead, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A clamp-point active circuit is provided. The clamp-point active circuit includes a rate amplifier configured to receive an output from a device transitioning between at least two levels. The clamp-point active circuit has at least one switching device configured to receive an output from the rate amplifier. The at least one switching device is in at least one respective feedback loop of the rate amplifier. A switching of the at least one switching device causes the rate amplifier to amplify with high linearity in a desired operating range and to clamp outputs received from the transitioning device that are outside the desired operating range to a fixed level.