US Patent Issued to Analog Devices on July 14 for "Variable gain amplifiers with fine attenuation step control and flat signal-to-noise ratio versus attenuation" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,560, issued on July 14, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Variable gain amplifiers with fine attenuation step control and flat signal-to-noise ratio versus attenuation" was invented by David J. McLaurin (Raleigh, N.C.) and Kevin Gard (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) with fine attenuation step control and flat signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) versus attenuation are provided. In certain embodiments, a VGA includes an input that receives a radio frequency (RF) input signal, a segmented amplification circuit including multiple amplification cells that operate in parallel to ...