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Current scaling apparatus

  • US 4,055,774 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1976
  • Issued: 10/25/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A current scaling apparatus comprising, in combination:

  • first and second and third and fourth transistors, each having base and emitter electrodes and a base-emitter junction therebetween and having a collector electrode, said first and said second transistors being of the same conductivity type as each other and having interconnected emitter electrodes, said third and said fourth transistors being of the same conductivity type as each other and having interconnected emitter electrodes;

    means operating said third and said fourth transistors with different densities of current flow through their respective base-emitter junctions for defining a difference between their respective base potentials;

    means for scaling up the difference between the base potentials of said third and said fourth transistors by a fixed ratio; and

    means applying the scaled up difference potential between the base electrodes of said first and said second transistors for determining the ratio between their respective collector currents.

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