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Programmable gain voltage buffer

US7173489B1 · kind B1 · utility

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39Claims
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Filing dateAug 25, 2003
Grant dateFeb 6, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45696
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable gain voltage buffer circuit with a programmable gain may include transistors in parallel with resistors. The transistors may be used as variable resistors, with the resistors predominating the equivalent resistances at output points in different branches of the buffer circuit. The transistors may have resistances corresponding to programmable gain steps in the circuit.

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