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System and method of transmitting and receiving a licompex modulated signal over a communication channel utilizing frequency modulation techniques
Assignee: Amaf Industries Inc
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Filing: 1989-08-25
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2009-08-25
Abstract
Abstract A system for transmitting and receiving frequency modulated signals utilizes linked compressor/expander (Lincompex) techniques. The signal to be transmitted is first processed by a Lincompex modulator which infinitely compresses the signal and produces a control tone representative of this compression process. After being processed by the Lincompex modulator, the compressed signal is frequency modulated and transmitted. A receiver having a Lincompex demodulator is used to receive the modulated signal. The received signal is initially demodulated by a discriminator prior to being expanded by the Lincompex demodulator according to the received control tone.
Inventors
- 👤 Howard Leveque
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 02:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/62; H04B1/64
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A transmitter for transmitting a frequency modulated signal over a communication channel, comprising: compressing means for compressing an input signal into a compressed signal; control tone generating means, operatively connected to said compressing means, for producing a control tone representing an envelope of said input signal; compression means, operatively connected to said compressing means and said control tone generating means, for providing further compression of said compressed signal and for compressing said control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; and frequency modulating means, operatively connected to said compression means, for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone and for transmitting the frequency modulated signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A transmitter for transmitting a frequency modulated signal over a communication channel, comprising: compressing means for compressing an input signal into a compressed signal; control tone generating means, operatively connected to said compressing means, for producing a control tone representing an envelope of said input signal; compression means, operatively connected to said compressing means and said control tone generating means, for providing further compression of said compressed signal and for compressing said control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; and frequency modulating means, operatively connected to said compression means, for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone and for transmitting the frequency modulated signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The transmitter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: summing means, operatively connected between said compressing means, said control tone generating means, and said compression means, for combining said compressed signal and said control tone into a combined signal; said compression means providing further compression of said combined signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said frequency modulating means comprises: modulating means for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone; and a radio frequency power amplifier, operatively connected to said modulating means, for amplifying the frequency modulated signals prior to transmission.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
The transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said frequency modulating means comprises: pre-emphasis means, operatively connected to said compression means, for emphasizing high frequency components of said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone; and modulating means, operatively connected to said pre-emphasis means, for frequency modulating the emphasized compressed signal and control tone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The transmitter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: combining means, operatively connected between said compressing means, said control tone generating means, and said compression means, for producing a Lincompex signal from said compressed signal and said control tone; said frequency modulating means frequency modulating and transmitting said Lincompex signal.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
139 words
A system for transmitting and receiving a frequency modulated signal through a transmission medium, comprising: compressing means for compressing an input signal into a compressed signal and for producing a control tone representing an envelope of said input signal; compression means, operatively connected to said compressing means, for providing further compression of said compressed signal and for compressing said control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; frequency modulating means, operatively connected to said compression means, for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone and for transmitting the frequency modulated signals over a communication channel; frequency demodulating means for receiving and frequency demodulating the transmitted frequency modulated signals; and expanding means, operatively connected to said frequency demodulating means, for expanding the demodulated received signal according to the received control tone.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
139 words
A system for transmitting and receiving a frequency modulated signal through a transmission medium, comprising: compressing means for compressing an input signal into a compressed signal and for producing a control tone representing an envelope of said input signal; compression means, operatively connected to said compressing means, for providing further compression of said compressed signal and for compressing said control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; frequency modulating means, operatively connected to said compression means, for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone and for transmitting the frequency modulated signals over a communication channel; frequency demodulating means for receiving and frequency demodulating the transmitted frequency modulated signals; and expanding means, operatively connected to said frequency demodulating means, for expanding the demodulated received signal according to the received control tone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
The transmitter as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: summing means, operatively connected between said compressing means, said control tone generating means, and said compression means, for combining said compressed signal and said control tone into a combined signal; said compression means providing further compression of said combined signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said frequency modulating means comprises: modulating means for frequency modulating said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone; and a radio frequency power amplifier, operatively connected to said modulating means, for amplifying the frequency modulated signals prior to transmission.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said frequency modulating means comprises: pre-emphasis means, operatively connected to said compression means, for emphasizing high frequency components of said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone; and modulating means, operatively connected to said pre-emphasis means, for frequency modulating the emphasized compressed signal and control tone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said frequency demodulating means comprises: limiter means for removing spurious amplitude variations in the received frequency modulated signal; and discriminator means, operatively connected to said limiter means, for converting frequency components of the received frequency modulated signal into a voltage signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said frequency demodulating means further comprises: de-emphasis means, operatively connected to said discriminator means, for de-emphasizing high frequency components of said voltage signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: combining means, operatively connected between said compressing means, said control tone generating means, and said compression means, for producing a Lincompex signal from said compressed signal and said control tone; said frequency modulating means frequency modulating and transmitting said Lincompex signal.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for transmitting a frequency modulated signal through a transmission medium, comprising the steps of: (a) compressing an input signal to produce a compressed signal; (b) producing a control tone representing an envelope of the input signal; (c) further compressing the compressed signal and compressing the control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; (d) frequency modulating the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c); and (e) transmitting the frequency modulated signals of said step (d) through a medium.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
90 words
A method for transmitting a frequency modulated signal through a transmission medium, comprising the steps of: (a) compressing an input signal to produce a compressed signal; (b) producing a control tone representing an envelope of the input signal; (c) further compressing the compressed signal and compressing the control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; (d) frequency modulating the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c); and (e) transmitting the frequency modulated signals of said step (d) through a medium.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the step of: (f) combining the compressed signal and the control tone to form a combined signal; said step (c) compressing the combined signal to produce a modified combined signal including said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the step of: (f) emphasizing high frequency components of the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c) prior to executing said step (d).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising the step of: (f) producing a Lincompex signal from the compressed signal an the control tone; said step (c) compressing the Lincompex signal to produce a modified Lincompex signal including said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
126 words
A method for transmitting and receiving a frequency modulated signal through a medium, comprising the steps of: (a) compressing an input signal to produce a compressed signal; (b) producing a control tone representing an envelope of the input signal; (c) further compressing the compressed signal and compressing the control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; (d) frequency modulating the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c); (e) transmitting the frequency modulated signals of said step (d) through a medium; (f) receiving the frequency modulated signals from the transmission medium; (g) frequency demodulating the signals received in said step (f); and (h) expanding the demodulated signal of said step (g) according to the received control tone.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
126 words
A method for transmitting and receiving a frequency modulated signal through a medium, comprising the steps of: (a) compressing an input signal to produce a compressed signal; (b) producing a control tone representing an envelope of the input signal; (c) further compressing the compressed signal and compressing the control tone to produce a modified compressed signal and a modified control tone; (d) frequency modulating the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c); (e) transmitting the frequency modulated signals of said step (d) through a medium; (f) receiving the frequency modulated signals from the transmission medium; (g) frequency demodulating the signals received in said step (f); and (h) expanding the demodulated signal of said step (g) according to the received control tone.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of: (i) combining the compressed signal and the control tone to form a combined signal; said step (c) compressing the combined signal to produce a modified combined signal including said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of: (i) emphasizing high frequency components of the modified compressed signal and the modified control tone of said step (c) prior to executing said step (d).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of: (i) removing spurious amplitude variations in the received frequency modulated signal and control tone prior to executing said step (g).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of: (i) de-emphasizing high frequency components of the frequency demodulated signal of said step (g) prior to executing said step (h).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of: (i) producing a Lincompex signal from the compressed signal and the control tone; said step (c) compressing the Lincompex signal to produce a modified Lincompex signal including said modified compressed signal and said modified control tone.
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