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Oct.’ 8, 1940. s. HUNT £2,217,277 ' ‘ DEGENERATIVE PLATE cmcun: DETECTOR Filed Sept. '28, 19:8 DEGENERAT/VE PLATE __———_C/RCU/T DETECTOR | /2 6\ M?l/ k7 gmwy 4 i ' + /‘4 i- E 7 4-‘1 :"I'Yl’‘‘‘‘ ‘n I ‘ 7'0 LP 2: J- = ' ' a . °~ I ?|__' I ~ 70 A. E AMPLIFIER INVENTOR. Ilse MOUR HUNT BY ATTORNEY. Patented Oct. 8, 1940 2,2l7,277 UNITED STATES F ICE 2,217,277 DEGENERAT'IVE PLATE CIRCUIT DETECTOR Seymour Hunt, Jackson Heights, Long llsland, N. Y., assignor to Radio Corporation of Amer ica, a corporation of Delaware Application September 28, 1938, Serial No. 232,075 6 Claims. (Cl. 256-4237) My present invention relates to detector cir art are fully acquainted with the construction of cuits, and more particularly to degenerative plate superheterodyne receivers, it is not believed nec circuit detectors capable of substantially ampli essary to explain the construction thereof at any fying the audio voltage output thereof. greater length. The output electrode for the 5 One of the main objects of this invention is to detector circuit includes electrode 4. Preferably, provide a detector of the in?nite impedance type this electrode is a wound grid. The latter is con which includes an electronic section having a nected through load resistor 52 to the plus B negative mutual conductance characteristic terminal of any desired direct current source, which functions to amplify the audio output of such as the usual direct current energizing source 10 the detector. of a radio receiver. The coupling condenser l3 Another important object is to provide in a transmits the audio voltage, in ampli?ed form, biased plate circuit detector of the degenerative to the following audio ampli?er for ?nal repro type a negative mutual conductance section duction.
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