Patents Represented by Attorney Donald H. Nelson
  • Patent number: 5416442
    Abstract: An improved Class A amplifier has an enhanced slew rate response at high frequencies. A positive feedback path is connected from the output of the amplifier to a point on the gain path. The feedback path includes a capacitor, a resistor and a transistor, the resistor being connected between the base and emitter of the transistor. At relatively high frequencies, the voltage drop across the resistor causes the transistor to turn on, forming a buffered positive feedback path through an additional resistor. The amount of feedback is controlled by the second resistor in the feedback path. In the preferred embodiment, dual feedback paths are connected between the output terminal and different points in the gain path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen W. Hobrecht