Abstract:
An integrated semiconductor circuit arrangement includes active and passive function elements in a semiconductor body and a high frequency a.c. voltage is used as a supply voltage for the function elements. A highly doped semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type carries a weakly doped layer, for example, of the same conductivity which has zones of the opposite conductivity therein. The substrate functions as an emitter for a plurality of transistors of which the doped zones serve as bases. Spaced co-planar layer sections bridge the base zones and serve as collectors. The collectors are either metal layers or semiconductor layers and in either case are covered with an insulating layer which carries a conductive layer for connection to a high frequency supply.
Abstract:
The dynamic input impedance of a feedback current amplifier is varied such that a matching to the characteristic impedance of a line feeding the amplifier is achieved. An integrated negative feedback current amplifier has at least two amplifier stages and one inverse coupling branch from the amplifier input to the amplifier output. The active element of the last amplifier stage has a divided output circuit such that the output current is divided between the inverse coupling branch and the amplifier output. The input DC current is selected such that the dynamic amplifier input impedance is adjusted to the characteristic impedance of a line feeding the amplifier.
Abstract:
The present spectrometer features two modulators 11, 11' disposed one on either side of a dispersive member 19 which produces wavelength dependent deflections .alpha. of the various spectral components in the radiation. In other words the precise angle of deflection .alpha. is a function of wavelength. The dispersive element 19 is conveniently positioned between two lenses 26 which form a telecentric system with a magnification of one. The lens system is used to produce an image of the first modulator on the second modulator. Each of the modulators is preferably a grating with a linearly varying grating constant so that the modulators, which move in opposite directions f,f' at constant speed subject the incident radiation to a position dependent modulation. The radiation emerging from the second modulator 11' falls onto a photodetector 13. The arrangement is such that the output signal from the detector 13 contains a number of different frequencies each of which is characteristic of one of the particular spectral components. These frequencies, and thus the information on the individual spectral components can be readily separated using respective band pass filters 17.sub.I, 17.sub.II, 17.sub.III.
Abstract:
An optoelectronic coupler with a semiconductor transmitter and a semiconductor receiver has a transparent conductive screen formed of semiconductor material overlying the active area of at least one of the transmitter and receiver, in the path of optical radiation passing between the transmitter and receiver, and directly electrically connected to a semiconductor zone of the active area, to protect the coupler from changes in its electrical characteristics due to high intensity electric fields.
Abstract:
A circuit arrangement is disclosed for the transmission of electrical supply outputs for low power devices which must be electrically separated from the mains supply. The circuit arrangement has at least one opto-electronic coupler with which low power can be transmitted with complete electrical separation. Accordingly, mains transformers can be replaced in low power operations.