| 摘要 |
A limiter/clamp circuit is described having a sharp bend in the clamp characeristic and a transition from its linear range to its clamp range that occurs over a desirably small voltage range. The sharp bend is achieved by a feedback loop consisting of plural transistor elements configured in a current "mirror" feedback structure. This circuit is based on achieving an exponential/logarithmic dependence of the voltages and currents in the feedback loop, which serve to control the feedback signal to the base of a 2-transistor clamping device. The circuitry also provides relatively symmetric clamping.
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