Radio receiver

Claim 1

IN A WAVE SIGNAL RECEIVER HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECEIVER STAGES INCLUDING A STAGE FOR TRANSLATING A RECEIVED SIGNAL WHICH STAGE INCLUDES A TRANSISTOR HAVING A VARIABLE GAIN CHARACTERISTIC DEPENDENT UPON APPLICATION OF A CONTROL POTENTIAL APPLIED THERETO WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE POINT, THE GAIN CONTROL AND BIAS SYSTEM INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT ADAPTED TO SUPPLY AN ENERGIZING POTENTIAL FOR THE RECEIVER STAGES WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE POINT, RESISTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO THE TRANSISTOR, A RECTIFIER DEVICE HAVING A FIRST TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT AND A SECOND TERMINAL CONNECT TO SAID RESISTOR MEANS, SAID RECTIFIER DEVICE BEING POLED TO BE CONDUCTIVE UPON ENERGIZATION FROM SAID DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT FOR APPLYING A RELATIVELY FIXED BIAS TO THE TRANSISTOR THROUGH SAID RECTIFIER DEVICE AND SAID RESISTOR MEANS, CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING AN IMPEDANCE ACROSS WHICH THE