Patents Represented by Attorney Charles G. Krawczyk
  • Patent number: 5406223
    Abstract: An amplifier system embodying the invention includes an input stage comprising one or more differential amplifiers having a high degree of common mode rejection. The inputs of the differential amplifiers of the input stage are AC coupled to different signal input terminals which are adapted to receive small information signals riding on large common mode signals. The AC coupling blocks any dc level associated with the input signals from affecting the amplifier system and the high degree of common mode rejection maintains the gain of the amplifiers relatively constant over a wide range of common mode signals. The outputs of the differential amplifiers of the input stage are connected in common to an output node to sum their output signals and to reduce random noise associated with the input signals and the input stage. The output node of the input stage is AC coupled to the input of a second stage whose output is in turn AC coupled to a third output stage to reduce the effect of amplifier offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Salomon Vulih, John A. Olmstead, Harold A. Wittlinger