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Signal separating and delay circuit

Assignee: Collins Radio Co
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Filing: 1963-07-30
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Granted: 1967-06-27
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Expires: 1983-07-30
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wallace W Prather

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 10:26
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/74; G01S13/76; G01S13/78; G01S13/781; G01S13/784

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 278 words
IN A SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN HANDLING AND PROCESSING CIRCUIT: SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT MEANS; AN ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT, DELAY LINE, AND OR CIRCUIT LOOP; WITH THE ANTICOINCIDENCE CIRCUIT CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT FROM SAID INPUT MEANS; WITH THE DELAY LINE INCLUDING MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS HAVING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL SPACINGS; SAID OR CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING THE OUTPUT OF SAID MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS HAVING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL SPACINGS AND FOR APPLYING SIGNAL PULSES OF THE MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS CONNECTED TO THE OR CIRCUIT BACK AS A FEEDBACK INPUT TO THE ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; LOOP TO FOR COUPLING MUTLIPLE OUTPUTS OF SAID CIRCUIT LOOP TO SIGNAL PULSE UTILIZING CIRCUITRY; WHEREIN SAID UTILIZING CIRCUITRY IS CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS OF SAID DELAY LINE AND INCLUDES PULSE TRAIN DECODING TAPS OF RESPONSIVE TO INPUT SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN CONTENT PASSED BY SAID ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT AND BY THE DELAY LINE FOR DECODING IN SAID PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; AND CODE RESPONDING CIRCUITRY CONNECTED TO RECEIVE OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; AND WHEREIN A SECOND SIGNAL PATH INCLUDES: A COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; A SECOND DELAY LINE; AND ADDITIONAL SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; SAID COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING THE SAME SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT FROM SAID INPUT MEANS ALSO APPLIED AS AND INPUT THE ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; THE OUTPUT OF SAID OR CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED AS AN ADDITIONAL INPUT TO SAID COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; SAID SECOND DELAY LINE HAVING MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS, WITH PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS SPACINGS, CONNECTED TO SAID ADDITIONAL DECODING MEANS; AND WITH BOTH THE PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS AND THE ADDITIONAL DECODING MEANS CONNECTED TO DECORDER OUTPUT UTILIZING CIRCUITRY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 278 words
IN A SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN HANDLING AND PROCESSING CIRCUIT: SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT MEANS; AN ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT, DELAY LINE, AND OR CIRCUIT LOOP; WITH THE ANTICOINCIDENCE CIRCUIT CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT FROM SAID INPUT MEANS; WITH THE DELAY LINE INCLUDING MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS HAVING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL SPACINGS; SAID OR CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING THE OUTPUT OF SAID MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS HAVING PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL SPACINGS AND FOR APPLYING SIGNAL PULSES OF THE MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS CONNECTED TO THE OR CIRCUIT BACK AS A FEEDBACK INPUT TO THE ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; LOOP TO FOR COUPLING MUTLIPLE OUTPUTS OF SAID CIRCUIT LOOP TO SIGNAL PULSE UTILIZING CIRCUITRY; WHEREIN SAID UTILIZING CIRCUITRY IS CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS OF SAID DELAY LINE AND INCLUDES PULSE TRAIN DECODING TAPS OF RESPONSIVE TO INPUT SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN CONTENT PASSED BY SAID ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT AND BY THE DELAY LINE FOR DECODING IN SAID PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; AND CODE RESPONDING CIRCUITRY CONNECTED TO RECEIVE OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; AND WHEREIN A SECOND SIGNAL PATH INCLUDES: A COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; A SECOND DELAY LINE; AND ADDITIONAL SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS; SAID COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING THE SAME SIGNAL PULSE TRAIN INPUT FROM SAID INPUT MEANS ALSO APPLIED AS AND INPUT THE ANTI-COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; THE OUTPUT OF SAID OR CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED AS AN ADDITIONAL INPUT TO SAID COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT; SAID SECOND DELAY LINE HAVING MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE DELAY OUTPUT TAPS, WITH PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS SPACINGS, CONNECTED TO SAID ADDITIONAL DECODING MEANS; AND WITH BOTH THE PULSE TRAIN DECODING MEANS AND THE ADDITIONAL DECODING MEANS CONNECTED TO DECORDER OUTPUT UTILIZING CIRCUITRY.

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