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Amplifier circuit

US7466206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2007
Grant dateDec 16, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F1/22
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Amplifier circuit for amplifying an input signal, having a vertically integrated cascode that has a collector semiconductor region of a collector, adjacent to the collector semiconductor region, a first base semiconductor region of a first base, a second base semiconductor region of a second base, an intermediate base semiconductor region adjoining both the first base semiconductor region and the second base semiconductor region, and an emitter semiconductor region of an emitter adjacent to the second base semiconductor region, wherein a signal input is connected to the second base, and the first base is electrically coupled both to a voltage source that is independent of the input signal and to the collector.

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