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US3310731A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Voltage reference circuit

Assignee: RCA Corp
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Filing: 1963-01-29
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Granted: 1967-03-21
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Expires: 1983-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Ostroff Arthur
  • 👤 D Agostino Michael

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 06:44
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B11/00; G05B11/01; G05B11/012

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 135 words
AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF TRANSISTORS OF THE SAME CONDUCTIVITY TYPE WITH EACH HAVING BASE, EMITTER, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS FOR SERIALLY CONNECTING TOGETHER THE EMITTER-TOCOLLECTOR CURRENT PATHS OF SAID TRANSISTORS SO THAT ONE TRANSISTOR FUNCTIONS AS AN EMITTER FOLLOWER AND THE OTHER FUNCTIONS AS A LOAD THEREON, A SOURCE OF ENERGIZING POTENTIAL HAVING OPPOSITE POLARITY TERMINALS, FIRST AND SECOND RESISTORS COUPLED FROM THE COLLECTOR AND BASE ELECTRODES, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID EMITTER FOLLOWER TRANSISTOR TO ONE TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF ENERGIZING POTENTIAL, A THIRD RESISTOR COUPLED FROM THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID LOAD TRANSISTOR TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF ENERGIZING POTENTIAL, MEANS INCLUDING SAID SOURCE OF ENERGIZING POTENTIAL FOR FORWARD BIASING THE BASE ELECTRODES OF SAID PAIR OF TRANSISTORS WITH RESPECT TO THE EMITTER ELECTRODES THEREOF, AND

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-03-20 1970-09-19 1971-03-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-03-20 1974-09-19 1975-03-21 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-03-20 1978-09-19 1979-03-21 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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