Patents by Inventor Gregg A. Butler

Gregg A. Butler 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).

  • Patent number: 4697151
    Abstract: A circuit for measuring the leakage current of an electrometer amplifier 10 determines the leakage currents at both amplifier input terminals simultaneously by a method that eliminates the effects of the amplifier offset voltage as well as of the offset voltages and leakage currents of the amplifiers (22 and 40) used in the measurement. With no amp. under test present in the circuit, measurements are made of the outputs of the two test-circuit amplifiers (22 and 40). This results in quantities that indicate the required compensation for the offset voltages and leakage currents of the test-circuit amplifiers. From then on, measurements are made of the amplifier output voltages with an amp. under test present and the leakage currents at both input terminals of said amplifier 10 under test can be inferred from these second measurements by using the information obtained from the first set of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregg A. Butler