- Patent Title: Filter circuits with emitter follower transistors and servo loops
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Application No.: US14951073Application Date: 2015-11-24
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Publication No.: US09614496B1Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: John Cowles
- Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00 ; H03K5/00 ; H04B1/10 ; H03H11/12

Abstract:
Filter circuits with emitter follower transistors and servo loops, and associated methods and apparatuses, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a filter circuit may include: a resistor-capacitor network having an input to receive an input signal; an emitter follower transistor, coupled to the resistor-capacitor network, wherein the filter circuit has an output to provide an output signal from the emitter of the emitter follower transistor; a current source to provide a constant reference current; and a current-buffering servo loop circuit, coupled to the emitter follower transistor and the current source, including a current buffer and a controlled current sink to maintain the collector current and the emitter current of the emitter follower transistor equal to the constant reference current.
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