IPC 7 English version
H03G-H03G01108

SECTION H – ELECTRICITY


H 03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY


H 03 GCONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of transmission in lines H04B 3/04)


Notes

(1)This subclass covers:

 control of gain of amplifiers or frequency-changers;

 control of frequency range of amplifiers;

 limiting amplitude or rate of change of amplitude.

(2)Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of subclass H03F.  [3]


Subclass Index

GAIN CONTROL 

H03G 3/00 

TONE CONTROL 

H03G 5/00 

COMPRESSORS OR EXPANDERS; LIMITERS 

H03G 7/00; H03G 11/00 

COMBINATION OF TWO OR MORE TYPES OF CONTROL 

H03G 9/00 

DETAILS 

H03G 1/00 



1/

00Details of arrangements for controlling amplification

1/

02.Remote control of amplification, tone, or bandwidth (remote control in general G05, G08; combined with remote tuning or selection of resonant circuits H03J)

1/

04.Modifications of control circuit to reduce distortion caused by control (modifications to reduce influence of variations of internal impedance of amplifying elements caused by control H03F 1/08)


3/

00Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers (gated amplifiers H03F 3/72; peculiar to television receivers H04N)

3/

02.Manually-operated control

3/

04..in untuned amplifiers

3/

06...having discharge tubes

3/

08....incorporating negative feedback

3/

10...having semiconductor devices

3/

12....incorporating negative feedback

3/

14..in frequency-selective amplifiers

3/

16...having discharge tubes

3/

18...having semiconductor devices

3/

20.Automatic control (combined with volume compression or expansion H03G 7/00)

3/

22..in amplifiers having discharge tubes

3/

24...Control dependent upon ambient noise level or sound level

3/

26...Muting amplifier when no signal is present

3/

28....in frequency-modulation receivers

3/

30..in amplifiers having semiconductor devices

3/

32...the control being dependent upon ambient noise level or sound level

3/

34...Muting amplifier when no signal is present


5/

00Tone control or bandwidth control in amplifiers

5/

02.Manually-operated control (variable bandpass or bandstop filters H03H 7/12)

5/

04..in untuned amplifiers

5/

06...having discharge tubes

5/

08....incorporating negative feedback

5/

10...having semiconductor devices

5/

12....incorporating negative feedback

5/

14..in frequency-selective amplifiers

5/

16.Automatic control

5/

18..in untuned amplifiers

5/

20...having discharge tubes

5/

22...having semiconductor devices

5/

24..in frequency-selective amplifiers

5/

26...having discharge tubes

5/

28...having semiconductor devices


7/

00Volume compression or expansion in amplifiers

7/

02.having discharge tubes

7/

04..incorporating negative feedback

7/

06.having semiconductor devices

7/

08..incorporating negative feedback


9/

00Combinations of two or more types of control, e.g. gain control and tone control

9/

02.in untuned amplifiers (combined tone controls for low and high frequencies H03G 5/00)

9/

04..having discharge tubes

9/

06...for gain control and tone control

9/

08....incorporating negative feedback

9/

10...for tone control and volume expansion or compression

9/

12..having semiconductor devices

9/

14...for gain control and tone control

9/

16....incorporating negative feedback

9/

18...for tone control and volume expansion or compression

9/

20.in frequency-selective amplifiers

9/

22..having discharge tubes

9/

24..having semiconductor devices

9/

26.in untuned amplifying stages as well as in frequency-selective amplifying stages (gain control in both stages H03G 3/00; tone control or bandwidth control H03G 5/00)

9/

28..all amplifying stages having discharge tubes

9/

30..all amplifying stages having semiconductor devices


11/

00Limiting amplitude; Limiting rate of change of amplitude

11/

02.by means of diodes (H03G 11/04, H03G 11/06, H03G 11/08 take precedence)

11/

04.Limiting level dependent on strength of signal; Limiting level dependent on strength of carrier on which signal is modulated

11/

06.Limiters of angle-modulated signals; such limiters combined with discriminators (discriminators having an inherent limiting action H03D 3/00)

11/

08.Limiting rate of change of amplitude