Circuit for preventing malfunction of muting amplifier

Details Circuit for preventing malfunction of muting amplifier Circuit for preventing malfunction of muting amplifier

1983-05-13

1985-07-30

Mullins, James B.

Amplifiers

With semiconductor amplifying device

Integrated circuits

330254, 455194, H03F 314

Patent

active

045324824

ABSTRACT:
A circuit for preventing malfunction of a muting amplifier is provided. The circuit of a muting amplifier is composed a semiconductor integrated circuit which comprises a first lateral p-n-p transistor to receive an input signal applied to the base thereof and one or more second lateral p-n-p transistors serving as a constant current source and performs an amplifying operation during the conduction of the second lateral p-n-p transistors or is placed in a muting mode during the cutoff thereof, the circuit configuration of this invention is such that a third p-n-p transistor is provided in the vicinity of the first lateral p-n-p transistor and is so connected as to turn on the second lateral p-n-p transistors during the conduction of the third p-n-p transistor, wherein, when the input signal level becomes lower than the minimum potential in the integrated circuit, the third transistor is turned on by an n-p-n transistor, which works as a parasitic transistor. Applying the current introduced by another parasitic p-n-p transistor in the direction reverse to the current caused by the foresaid parasitic n-p-n transistor can eliminate the disadvantage in the conventional circuit configuration.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4140960 (1979-02-01), Ohsawa

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