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Amplifier having digital bias control apparatus

  • US 4,924,191 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1989
  • Issued: 05/08/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an amplifier circuit having a plurality of active amplifying elements, a digital control method for regulating the operating point of at least one of said active amplifying elements comprising the steps of:

  • storing, in a memory, bias signal values individual to each of said active amplifying elements;

    placing a selected one of said active amplifying elements in an active, no input signal condition;

    reading from said memory a bias signal value individual to said selected active amplifying element;

    applying a bias signal representative of said bias signal value to said selected active amplifying element;

    monitoring the output current of said selected active amplifying element;

    adjusting said bias signal value if said monitored output current varies from a predetermined value by greater than a predetermined amount.

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