PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 330
 Class Title: AMPLIFIERS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1 R     WITH DIVERSE-TYPE ART DEVICE
  1 A     .With process control system
  2       WITH AMPLIFIER CONDITION INDICATING OR TESTING MEANS
  3       WITH PLURAL DIVERSE-TYPE AMPLIFYING DEVICES
  4       WITH MASER-TYPE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  4.5     PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS
  4.6     .Traveling wave type
  4.7     ..Electron beam device
  4.8     .Gyromagnetic type (e.g., ferrite)
  4.9     .Semiconductor type (e.g., with semiconductor diode)
  5       WITH SOLID ELEMENT WAVE PROPAGATING AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  5.5     .Phonon type (e.g., ultrasonic wave propagating device)
  6       WITH HALL EFFECT TYPE MEANS
  7       WITH CAPACITIVE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  8       WITH SATURABLE REACTOR-TYPE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  9       WITH PERIODIC SWITCHING INPUT-OUTPUT (E.G., FOR DRIFT
           CORRECTION)
  10      MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR-TYPE AMPLIFIER
  11      WITH D.C. REINSERTION CIRCUIT
  250     WITH SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFYING DEVICE (E.G., TRANSISTOR)
  251     .Including Class D amplifier
  252     .Including differential amplifier
  253     ..Having field effect transistor
  254     ..Having gain control means
  255     ..Having push-pull amplifier stage
  256     ..Having temperature compensation means
  257     ..Having current mirror amplifier
  258     ..Having common mode rejection circuit
  259     ..Having D.C. feedback bias control for stabilization
  260     ..Having signal feedback means
  261     ..Having particular biasing arrangement
  262     .Including push-pull amplifier
  263     ..Having complementary symmetry
  264     ...And field effect transistor
  265     ...And feedback means
  266     ...And temperature compensation
  267     ...And particular biasing arrangement
  268     ....To eliminate crossover distortion
  269     ..Having field effect transistor
  270     ..Having D.C. feedback bias control for stabilization
  271     ..Having signal feedback means
  272     ..Having temperature compensating means
  273     ..Having particular biasing arrangement
  274     ...To eliminate crossover distortion
  275     ..Having balanced to unbalanced circuitry and vice versa
  276     ..Having transformer
  277     .Including field effect transistor
  278     .Including gain control means
  279     ..And significant control voltage developing means
  280     ...With delay means
  281     ...With time constant means
  282     ..Having feedback means acting as variable impedancee
  283     ...Having emitter degeneration
  284     ..Having attenuation means in signal transmission path
  285     ..Having particular biasing means
  286     .Including distributed parameter-type coupling
  287     ..Of diode type
  288     .Including current mirror amplifier
  289     .Including temperature compensation means
  290     .Including D.C. feedback bias control for stabilization
  291     .Including signal feedback means
  292     ..Having compensation for interelectrode impedance
  293     ..Having negative feedback
  294     ..Having frequency-responsive means or phase-shift means in
             feedback path
  295     .Including plural amplifier channels
  296     .Including particular biasing arrangement
  297     .Including particular power supply circuitry
  298     .Including protection means
  299     .Including combined diverse-type semiconductor device
  300     ..Bipolar or unipolar (FET)
  301     .Including balanced to unbalanced circuits and vice versa
  302     .Including frequency-responsive means in the signal transmission
            path
  303     ..Including an active device in the filter means
  304     ..And equalizing means
  305     ..And tuning means
  306     ..And bandpass, broadband (e.g., wideband) or sidepass means
  307     .Integrated circuits
  308     .Including atomic particle or radiant energy impinging on a
            semiconductor
  309     .Involving structure of three diverse function electrode type
  310     .Including plural stages cascaded
  311     ..Having different configurations
  41      WITH GAS OR VAPOR TUBE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  42      WITH SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION TUBE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  43      WITH TRAVELING WAVE-TYPE TUBE
  44      WITH ELECTRON BEAM TUBE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  45      .Having electrode coupled to cavity resonator
  46      .Having deflecting means
  47      WITH MAGNETICALLY INFLUENCED DISCHARGE DEVICE (E.G.,
           MAGNETRONS)
  48      .Having signal applied to magnetic means
  49      WITH VACUUM TUBE HAVING DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER IMPEDANCE
           CHARACTERISTICS
  50      WITH DUMMY TUBE
  51      COMBINED WITH AUTOMATIC AMPLIFIER DISABLING SWITCH MEANS
  52      WITH PILOT FREQUENCY CONTROL MEANS
  53      WITH DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER-TYPE COUPLING MEANS
  54      .Distributed amplifier
  55      .Push-pull
  56      .Waveguide, cavity, or concentric line resonator
  57      .Artificial line
  58      WITH ROTATING DYNAMOELECTRIC AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  59      HAVING LIGHT-CONTROLLED OR ACTIVATED DEVICE (I.E., NOT LIGHT
           SIGNAL)
  60      HAVING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE-TYPE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  61 R    WITH RESISTIVE-TYPE AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  62      .Magnetoresistive type
  61 A    .Negative resistance amplifierss
  63      WITH MAGNETIC MEANS AMPLIFYING DEVICE
  64      WITH SPACE CHARGE GRID TUBE
  65      INVOLVING STRUCTURE OTHER THAN THAT OF TRANSFORMERS PER SE
  66      .With printed circuits
  67      .With capacitive structure
  68      .With shielding means
  69      SUM AND DIFFERENCE AMPLIFIERS
  70      ANODE ENERGIZED THROUGH DISCHARGE PATH OF CONTROLLED VACUUM
           TUBE
  71      .Plural discharge paths traversed by anode supply
  72      ..Amplifier devices in arms of a bridge
  73      .Plural outputs
  74      .Separate signal inputs to series devices
  75      SIGNAL FEEDBACK
  76      .Compensating for inter-electrode impedance (e.g.,
            neutralization)
  77      ..At least one push-pull stage
  78      ..To or from electrode common to input and output
  79      ..By transformer feedback
  80      ..By coil in parallel to and resonating with inter-electrode
             capacity
  81      .At least one push-pull signal stage
  82      ..Positive and negative feedback
  83      ..Including D.C. path for signal feedback
  84      .Plural amplifier channels
  85      .Amplifier in signal feedback path
  86      .Variable impedance in feedback path varied by separate control
            path
  87      .Cathode impedance feedback
  88      ..Cascade amplifier stages with cathode-cathode feedback
  89      ...Between adjacent stages
  90      ..Combined with diverse-type feedback coupling
  91      ...Diverse feedback to or from cathode
  92      ....Feedback to cathode impedance of a prior stage
  93      ...Including positive feedback
  94      ..Frequency responsive means in cathode impedance feedback path
  95      ..Nonlinear impedance means in cathode impedance feedback path
  96      .Combined with control of bias voltage of signal amplifier
  97      .Including D.C. path for signal feedback
  98      .In cascade amplifiers
  99      ..Multiple feedback
  100     ...A feedback to input of a prior stage
  101     .Positive and negative feedback in same path at different
            frequencies
  102     .Current and voltage feedback
  103     .Multiple feedback paths
  104     ..Positive and negative feedback
  105     .From impedance in series with output load (e.g., current
            feedback)
  106     .In series with input source
  107     .Phase shift means in loop path
  108     .Potentiometer common to signal and feedback path
  109     .Frequency responsive feedback means
  110     .Nonlinear impedance element in loop path
  111     .To or from an auxiliary grid or to the anode
  112     .Positive feedback
  113     POLYPHASE POWER SUPPLY (I.E., FOR AN ELECTRODE, CATHODE HEATER,
           OR FILAMENT))
  114     UNRECTIFIED A.C. POWER SUPPLY FOR AN ELECTRODE (I.E., NOT THE
           HEATER)
  115     .Applied to filamentary cathode
  116     WITH BALANCED-TO-UNBALANCED COUPLING
  117     WITH UNBALANCED-TO-BALANCED COUPLING
  118     INCLUDING A PUSH-PULL STAGE
  119     .Coupling to or from cathode in push-pull
  120     .Interstage coupling between push-pull
  121     ..D.C. coupling
  122     .Input and/or output coupling for push-pull
  123     .Power or bias supply circuits and control thereof
  124 R   WITH PLURAL AMPLIFIER CHANNELS (E.G., PARALLEL AMPLIFIER
           CHANNELS)
  125     .D.C. and A.C. amplifier channels
  126     .Amplifying different frequencies in different channels
  124 D   .Redundant amplifier circuits
  127     WITH CONTROL OF POWER SUPPLY OR BIAS VOLTAGE
  128     .Control means for anode of screen grid circuit
  129     .With control of input electrode or gain control electrode bias
  130     ..Bias controlled by separate external control source
  131     ..Control of bias on separate gain control electrode
  132     ..Frequency selective means to select control signal from
             amplifier channel
  133     ..Different bias control means for different stages of cascade
             amplifier
  134     ..Plural different bias control voltages provided by separate
             means
  135     ..Amplitude limiting or bias voltage
  136     ..Bias control signal from input of amplifier
  137     ..Oscillator supplies or controls bias
  138     ..Bias controlled by biased rectifier or discharge device
  139     ..Electronic tube controls bias
  140     ..Rectifier in bias control circuit
  141     ..Time constant circuit in bias control circuit
  142     ..Cathode resistor supplies bias (e.g., self-biasing circuits)
  143     THERMALLY RESPONSIVE IMPEDANCE
  144     VARIABLE IMPEDANCE FOR SIGNAL CHANNEL CONTROLLED BY SEPARATE
           CONTROL PATH
  145     .Electron tube or diode as impedance
  146     WHEATSTONE BRIDGE WITH AMPLIFIER IN AT LEAST ONE ARM
  147     PLURAL SIGNAL INPUTS
  148     PLURAL SIGNAL OUTPUTS
  149     HUM OR NOISE OR DISTORTION BUCKING INTRODUCED INTO SIGNAL
           CHANNEL
  150     CASCADED SIMILAR AMPLIFYING DEVICE OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS
  151     WITH AMPLIFIER BYPASS MEANS (E.G., FORWARD FEED)
  152     CASCADED DIFFERENTLY COUPLED BETWEEN STAGES
  153     .Including a cathode follower stage
  154     .Transformer or resonant circuit in interstage coupling (e.g.,
            stagger tuning)
  155     UNICONTROL OF COUPLING OR THE CIRCUITS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
  156     BOOTSTRAP COUPLING
  157     INTERSTAGE COUPLING
  158     .Coupling to cathode
  159     ..D.C. coupling
  160     .Coupling to plate or auxiliary grid
  161     ..D.C. coupling
  162     .Output coupling from gridd
  163     ..D.C. coupling
  164     .With electronic tube or diode in coupling circuit
  165     .Transformer coupling
  166     ..With additional reactive coupling
  167     ..With additional impedance connected to "P" or "S" circuits
  168     ..From cathode
  169     ..With means for adjusting inductive coupling
  170     ..With shielding
  171     ..With transformer structure
  172     .Coupling from cathode
  173     ..D.C. coupling
  174     .With electromechanical transducer (e.g., piezoelectric
            crystal)
  175     .With lattice or Wheatstone bridge network in coupling circuits
  176     .With T, H, or Pi network in coupling circuit
  177     .With coupling or blocking capacitor
  178     ..With R or L in series between stages
  179     ..L in anode or grid circuit
  180     ..With R in anode and grid circuit (RC coupling)
  181     .D.C. coupled
  182     ..With series reactive element between stages
  183     ..With nonlinear device
  184     ..With series resistance between stages
  185     INPUT NETWORKS
  186     .To cathode
  187     ..D.C. coupled
  188     .Transformer coupled
  189     ..With additional impedance connected to "P" or "S" circuits
  190     ..With transformer structure
  191     .D.C. coupled
  192     OUTPUT NETWORKS
  193     .From cathode
  194     ..D.C. coupled
  195     .Transformer coupled
  196     ..With additional impedance connected to "P" or "S" circuit
  197     ..With transformer structure
  198     .D.C. coupled
  199     WITH POWER OR BIAS VOLTAGE SUPPLY
  200     .For plural stage amplifier
  201     ..Filamentary cathodes heated by anode current or anode supply
             source
  202     .For anode
  203     ..And input electrode
  204     .For input electrode
  205     ..And filamentary cathode
  206     .For filamentary cathode
  207 R   MISCELLANEOUS
  207 A   .Class D
  207 P   .Amplifier protection means