Patents by Inventor Mark C. Elbert

Mark C. Elbert 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: 5657097
    Abstract: A coring circuit for an input signal in the form of a differential input current having two components in phase opposition. A first pair of cascode transistors biased by a first reference voltage applies a first fraction of each of the components of the differential current to respectively first and second resistors. A second pair of cascode transistors biased by the first reference voltage provides a second fraction of each of the components of the differential current to a differential current output of the coring circuit and respectively to first and second branches of a differential stage that also receives voltages across the first and second resistors. Two coring current sources respectively connect first and second outputs of the differential stage to a supply voltage and are connected to each other through a third resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schultz, Mark C. Elbert