Noise performance of amplifiers

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1993-12-21

1996-06-18

Callahan, Timothy P.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Signal converting, shaping, or generating

Amplitude control

327324, 327375, 327584, 257577, H03F 132, H03K 1760

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active

055281893

ABSTRACT:
In one form of the invention, a circuit is disclosed, the circuit comprising: a transistor Q having an input terminal 14 with an avalanche breakdown voltage to electrical ground; and one or more diodes 16 arranged in a series between the input terminal 14 and electrical ground, the diode series 16 having a forward-biased voltage drop that is smaller than the avalanche breakdown voltage.

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