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Voltage level generator using digital integration
Assignee: RCA Corp
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Filing: 1976-12-27
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Granted: 1979-03-20
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Expires: 1996-12-27
Abstract
Abstract Circuit for producing an output threshold voltage having a given relation to noise signals. The threshold crossings of a noise signal and a reference signal are processed by a circuit including a digital integrator to produce the threshold voltage level that maintains a constant rate of noise threshold crossings.
Inventors
- 👤 John A. DiCiurcio
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-24 22:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L25/00; H04L25/02; H04L25/06; H04L25/061; H04L25/065; G; G01; G01S; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/28; G01S7/285; G01S7/292; G01S7/2921; H04L25/063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A circuit for producing an output voltage level having a value related to a noise signal comprising, in combination: comparator means responsive to the output voltage level and the noise signal for producing a resultant digital pulse train representing the noise signal values which exceed the output voltage level; means for generating a reference digital pulse train; digitally integrating counting means responsive to said resultant and said reference pulse trains supplied thereto for producing a continuously updated digital signal having an instantaneous value proportional to the accumulated difference between the rates of said pulse trains with respect to time; and means responsive to said digital signal to produce said output voltage level with a magnitude proportional to the digital signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A circuit for producing an output voltage level having a value related to a noise signal comprising, in combination: comparator means responsive to the output voltage level and the noise signal for producing a resultant digital pulse train representing the noise signal values which exceed the output voltage level; means for generating a reference digital pulse train; digitally integrating counting means responsive to said resultant and said reference pulse trains supplied thereto for producing a continuously updated digital signal having an instantaneous value proportional to the accumulated difference between the rates of said pulse trains with respect to time; and means responsive to said digital signal to produce said output voltage level with a magnitude proportional to the digital signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
The invention as claimed in claim 1 wherein said digitally integrating counting means includes up/down counter means for producing said digital signals, said counter means including a first input terminal to which pulses to be counted in one sense may be applied and a second input terminal to which pulses to be counted in the opposite sense may be applied, said resultant pulse train being applied to said first input terminal and said reference pulse train being applied to said second input terminal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention as claimed in claim 2 wherein said output voltage level producing means includes digital-to-analog converter means.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-03-19 | 1982-09-18 | 1983-03-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-03-19 | 1986-09-18 | 1987-03-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-03-19 | 1990-09-18 | 1991-03-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |