Abstract:
A method of assessing the offset on the output nodes of an amplifying channel by generating a logic signal signalling the existence of an offset of a level exceeding a window of permitted levels symmetric about the zero level, defined by a negative limit value and by a positive limit value, consists in
establishing an interval or phase of detection by applying to an input of a detection circuit a timing pulse with a certain frequency; sensing the rising edge of the timing pulse and setting a bistable circuit; comparing the signal on the output nodes of the amplifiers channel with said window of permitted values; resetting said bistable circuit upon the occurrence, after said initial setting, of an output signal amplitude within said window of permitted values; failure of said bistable circuit to reset before the end of the detection phase signalling an excessive offset.
Abstract:
A method of voltage driving with a controlled current a load consists in implementing a negative feedback of the output current, measured on the collector of the output transistor of the output stage, comparing the measured output current with the input current and injecting a current difference on base node of the transistor onto which voltage driving is exerted.