Patents by Inventor Clifford Neil Didcock

Clifford Neil Didcock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020196082
    Abstract: A DC feedback control circuit for compensating for a DC voltage level shift in a transimpedance amplifier circuit (12) having a transistor (20) as a high speed switching device. The DC feedback control circuit includes a filter (30) for determining a DC voltage level at an output of the amplifier circuit (12) and a differential pair (36) of transistors for comparing the DC voltage level with a reference voltage (41). A pair of current mirrors (44 and 50) mirror a current dependent on the comparison of the DC voltage level with the reference voltage and apply the mirrored current to an emitter of the transistor (20) so as to maintain a substantially constant bias current through the switching transistor (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Clifford Neil Didcock, Charles Ronald Cook, Michael Geoffrey Andrew Wilson, Charles Graeme Ritchie