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(11) EP 3 329 590 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
06.06.2018 Bulletin 2018/23

(21) Application number: 15899841.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.07.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H03G 3/00(2006.01)
H03G 3/20(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/042587
(87) International publication number:
WO 2017/019050 (02.02.2017 Gazette 2017/05)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA

(71) Applicant: Macom Connectivity Solutions, LLC
Lowell, Massachusetts 01851 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JAYARAMAN, Nanda Govind
    Santa Clara, California 95051 (US)
  • GUPTA, Tarun
    Santa Clara, California 95054 (US)

(74) Representative: Arth, Hans-Lothar 
ABK Patent Attorneys Jasminweg 9
14052 Berlin
14052 Berlin (DE)

   


(54) PROGRAMMABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH CONTROLLED GAIN STEPS