Amplification device having an adjustable bandwidth

• US 6,392,478 B1
• Filed: 11/16/2000
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Lugthart, Marcel Louis, Mulder, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Shingleton, Michael B
• Application Number:
  US09/713,864
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 330/86, 330/103, 330/107, 330/109, 330/282
• US Class Current: 330/86
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10009 Improvement or modification of read or write signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2005/0016 of magnetoresistive transducers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2005/0018 by current biasing control or regulation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/00 Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor G11B11/00 and G11B13/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 1/0088 using discontinuously variable devices, e.g. switch-operated

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for amplifying electronic signals, including:

an amplifier PRA, and

a plurality of feedback loops G1, G2 placed between the output and the input of the amplifier, which feedback loops are arranged so that each feedback loop has an adjustable gain and all the feedback loops jointly form an assembly having an equivalent impedance which is substantially independent of the gain settings selected.

Thanks to the invention, the amplification bandwidth can be easily adjusted without adversely affecting the performance of the device in terms of noise and high cut-off frequency.

Claims

1. A device for amplifying electronic signals, comprising:

an amplifier having an input and an output, and

a plurality of feedback loops placed between the output and the input of the amplifier, which feedback loops are arranged so that each feedback loop has an adjustable gain and all the feedback loops jointly form an assembly having an equivalent impedance, which is substantially independent of the selected gain settings.

2. An amplification device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a decoupling capacitor, which is placed upstream of the amplifier, and at least one first and one second feedback loop which are placed, respectively, between the output of the amplifier and first and second terminals of said decoupling capacitor.

3. An amplification device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each feedback loop is composed of at least one first and one second switchable impedance, a selection of the first or the second impedance being effected by means of a first and a second switch, which are to be driven by, respectively, a first and a second control signal.

4. An amplification device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the impedance which is equivalent to a parallel array of the first impedances of the feedback loops is substantially equal to the impedance which is equivalent to a parallel array of the second impedances of said loops.

5. An amplification device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the switchable impedances are resistances.

6. A read system comprising including a read head to scan an information storage medium and generate electronic signals that are representative of said information, said system further including an amplification device as claimed in claim 1 for amplifying said signals.