Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Linearized level-shifting amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 线性化电平转换放大器
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Application No.: US920076Application Date: 1992-07-27
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Publication No.: US5307024APublication Date: 1994-04-26
- Inventor: Arthur J. Metz , James S. Lamb
- Applicant: Arthur J. Metz , James S. Lamb
- Applicant Address: OR Wilsonville
- Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: OR Wilsonville
- Main IPC: B01J31/24
- IPC: B01J31/24 ; C07B61/00 ; C07C45/50 ; C07C47/02 ; C07F9/6568 ; C07F15/00 ; H03F1/32 ; H03F3/45
Abstract:
An all NPN transistor level-shifting differential amplifier has first and second identical amplifier halves, in which each amplifier half includes a passive voltage-shifting network coupled between a load and a current source. A main amplifier has a single-ended voltage input and an output coupled to the first node of the voltage shifting network. An output amplifier has a single-ended current output and an input coupled to the second node of the voltage shifting network. The main amplifier and output amplifiers are coupled together such that a portion of the bias and signal currents flowing through the output amplifier is reused and flows through the main amplifier, reducing bias current and power requirements. The first and second amplifier halves are coupled together with a gain-setting emitter resistor. In addition to reducing the power requirements of the amplifier, the feedback configuration of the level-shifting amplifier also increases linearity over prior art level-shifting amplifiers.
Public/Granted literature
- US5962591A Polymer blend Public/Granted day:1999-10-05
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