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Electronic circuit

US7671680B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 2007
Grant dateMar 2, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03G3/3084
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic circuit includes an input terminal, a transimpedance amplifier connected to the input terminal and including an amplifier and a feedback resistor, a first time constant circuit smoothing an output from the transimpedance amplifier, a gain control circuit arranged between the input terminal and ground potential and controlling current flowing between the input terminal and the ground potential on the basis of the output from the first time constant circuit, and a safeguard circuit controlling the gain control circuit and blocking the current flowing between the input terminal and the ground potential, when a signal to be input into the input terminal is stopped.

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