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US4114101A
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Digital frequency display device
Assignee: Trio KK
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Filing: 1977-02-11
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Granted: 1978-09-12
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Expires: 1997-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A digital frequency display device for digitally displaying the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising a reference frequency oscillator, a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequencies of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and of the reference frequency oscillator, a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the resultant frequency provided from the first frequency mixer to produce the display frequency shifted by the reference frequency, and a frequency counter for counting the output frequency from the second frequency mixer and for correcting the shifted frequency component to display the correct frequency.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadao Sekiguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:11
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03J; H03J1/00; H03J1/02; H03J1/04; H03J1/045; H03J1/047; H03J1/048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequencies of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the output frequency from said first frequency mixer to produce a frequency corresponding to the frequency to be displayed but shifted by the reference frequency; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting the output frequency from said second frequency mixer; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequencies of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the output frequency from said first frequency mixer to produce a frequency corresponding to the frequency to be displayed but shifted by the reference frequency; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting the output frequency from said second frequency mixer; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 1 wherein the reference frequency is selected to have a "1" digit in the digit position of a decimal number representing the reference frequency corresponding to the position of the most significant digit of the displayed digits representing the operating frequency, and wherein said counter includes a plurality of cascaded decimal counters wherein the decimal counter corresponding to the most significant digit of the displayed digits is set to count "9" when reset and wherein the other decimal counters are set to count "0" when reset.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 1 wherein said correcting means includes means for causing said display means to only display digits from said counter corresponding to digit positions lower in significance than the digit position of the first non-zero digit of the decimal number representing the reference frequency.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 1 wherein said correcting means includes a preset counter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 1 wherein the first oscillator of the communications apparatus is a BFO oscillator and wherein the second oscillator of the communications apparatus is a VFO oscillator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
177 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a first filter for filtering the resultant frequency from said first frequency mixer; a second filter for filtering the resultant frequency from said second frequency mixer; a third frequency mixer for mixing said resultant frequencies from said first and second filters to produce a resultant frequency shifted by two times the reference frequency; a third filter for filtering said resultant frequency from said third frequency mixer; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting said resultant frequency from said third filter; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
177 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a first filter for filtering the resultant frequency from said first frequency mixer; a second filter for filtering the resultant frequency from said second frequency mixer; a third frequency mixer for mixing said resultant frequencies from said first and second filters to produce a resultant frequency shifted by two times the reference frequency; a third filter for filtering said resultant frequency from said third frequency mixer; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting said resultant frequency from said third filter; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 6 wherein said correcting means includes a preset counter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
136 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a third frequency mixer for mixing signals from said first and second mixers to produce a resultant frequency shifted by two times the reference frequency; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting said resultant frequency from said third mixer; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
136 words
A digital frequency display device for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency of a communication apparatus comprising: a reference frequency oscillator; a first frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a first oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a second frequency mixer for mixing the output frequency of a second oscillator of the communication apparatus and the reference frequency of said reference frequency oscillator; a third frequency mixer for mixing signals from said first and second mixers to produce a resultant frequency shifted by two times the reference frequency; a frequency counter including correcting means for eliminating said shifted frequency component for counting said resultant frequency from said third mixer; and display means connected to said frequency counter for displaying digits representative of the operating frequency.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A digital frequency display device according to claim 8 wherein said correcting means includes a preset counter.
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