摘要:
A voltage switching amplifier circuit has a comparator which, after comparing signal amplitude to a comparison voltage, switches on a high voltage or low voltage amplifier depending upon whether the comparison voltage is exceeded or not. After the predetermined comparison voltage is exceeded, a positive feedback circuit reduces the comparison voltage enabling the high voltage amplifier to continue operation at least until the signal amplitude drops below the reduced comparison voltage. In a preferred embodiment, a time constant circuit maintains the high voltage amplifier in operation for a predetermined period of time during which the signal amplitude has dropped below and remained below the reduced comparison voltage.
摘要:
An amplifier circuit having an input adapted to receive a signal to be amplified from a signal source, at least two sets of combined amplifying transistors and associated power sources for the amplifying transistors, the two sets constituting first and second amplifying stages, a switching transistor for automatically switching the amplifying operation of the amplifier circuit from the first amplifying stage to the second amplifying stage depending upon the amplitude of the input signal to the amplifier and a load to which the amplifying transistors are connected in parallel.
摘要:
An amplifying circuit comprising an input terminal to which an alternating current signal is applied; a first transistor; a second transistor where one of the first and second transistors is a NPN transistor and the other is a PNP transistor; an output terminal to which is connected the respective collectors of the first and second transistors means for operating the second transistor as a constant current source; and connecting means for connecting the alternating current signal at the input terminal to the respective bases of the first and second transistors where the connecting means includes a capacitor connected between the input terminal and the base of the second transistor to thereby connect to the second transistor substantially only those frequencies of the alternating current signal which are at least as high as the cut-off frequency of the first transistor although frequencies below the cut-off frequency may also be coupled to the second transistor in a further embodiment of this invention.
摘要:
A semiconductor device capable of maintaining good temperature compensation and reducing manufacture costs of SEPP connecting NPN and PNP power transistors and temperature compensating and biasing circuits. A first semiconductor device has an ordinary bias diode formed on the same semiconductor substrate as an NPN power transistor. A second semiconductor device has one or a plurality of Schottky barrier type diodes formed on the same semiconductor substrate as a PNP power transistor. The forward voltage drop V.sub.1 of the diode is set to an arbitrary constant value smaller than E exclusive of about E/2, and the total forward voltage drop V.sub.2 of the Schottky barrier diode or diodes is set to a predetermined value of about (E-V.sub.1), where E is a total forward voltage drop between the bases and emitters of the NPN and PNP power transistors.