Abstract:
A D/A conversion system includes means for arranging a stream of digital samples into frames, each frame including a guard time period. Means are provided for determining a measure of the overall magnitude of digital samples in each frame. Means increase the magnitude of all samples of frames that have a measure that falls below a predetermined threshold by shifting the samples a common number of bits. A D/A converter converts frames with shifted and frames with unshifted samples. An attenuator attenuates the D/A converted samples of frames with shifted samples to compensate for the magnitude increase.
Abstract:
A demodulator for the demodulation of sampled signals which resulted from the periodically varying sampling of an analog signal comprises a summing circuit, a feedback circuit and a lowpass filter. The input of the demodulator is connected to one input of the summing circuit, the low-pass filter is connected between the output of the summing circuit and the output of the demodulator and the feedback circuit is connected between the low-pass filter and the input of the summing circuit. Samples corresponding to excluded samples in the sampling patterns of the signals fed to the demodulator as compared with sampling patterns of uniformly occurring sampled signals are transferred to the summing circuit via the feedback circuit.
Abstract:
The invention relates to contact-spring-sets which are included in very quick switching operations. In order to avoid contact vibrations the two contact springs in a make-contact are pressed against one another with help of a two-armed lever pivoting so that the arms operate each one of the contact springs and press them together.
Abstract:
A paired or quadded telecommunication cable have conductors arranged in groups. One pair or quad within each group does not change place and is shielded by the other pairs or quads within the group resulting in a high relative freedom of crosstalk.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a procedure for manufacture of an electret microphone comprising a fixed electrode and a movable electrode, the movable electrode comprising a first plastic film which is metallized and a second plastic film which is electrostatically polarized. According to the invention, there are a first processing stage in which the first and second plastic films are metallized and polarized respectively and a second processing stage in which the metallized plastic film, the polarized plastic film and the fixed electrode are assembled together.
Abstract:
An arrangement to keep the range of control of a control element within desired limits especially for signal level regulation by means of a pilot signal, for example, in the repeaters of a carrier frequency system in which a control signal dependent on the amplitude of the pilot signal sets a control element which determines the amplification of the respective repeater. The arrangement controls the current which feeds the control element. The arrangement contains a first and a second parallel current branch each containing a voltage divider whose tap is connected to a definite potential through a Zener diode for limiting the current in either direction. The attenuation characteristic of the control element thus has two break points one in the lower part of the range of control and one in the upper part due to the current limitation and the amplification of the repeater becomes constant outside a range determined by the break points.
Abstract:
A synchronizing apparatus in a data system comprising a number of individual computers each of which includes a binary counter. The synchronization implies that a predetermined value should be stored in certain positions in counters in all the computers. A synchronizing signal is sent on a common line interconnecting all the computers from the computer which operates more rapidly than the other computers of the system and when reaching the predetermined value in the associated counter, this signal being fed is all the other counters in order to set these counters to such predetermined value.
Abstract:
The invention refers to an apparatus for the detection of rectangular pulses in which the duration of the leading edge and the trailing edge respectively is constant whereas the peak amplitude can fluctuate. The apparatus includes a comparison circuit that compares the instantaneous amplitude of the rectangular pulses with the amplitude of a reference voltage and which upon equality between the levels of the amplitudes being compared delivers an indicating pulse. According to the invention, the reference voltage is, during the leading edges formed by the output voltage from a differentiating circuit which is fed with the rectangular pulses and which during each of their leading edges delivers an output voltage the time function of which has such a predetermined intersection point with the time function of the leading edge that the amplitude value at the intersection point equals a selected fraction of the peak amplitude of the rectangular pulse.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of processing pulse like signals at the transmitter and receiver ends of a transmission medium so that the slope of the flanks of the transmitted pulses exceeds those transmittable by known methods by a medium with a limited band width. This is achieved by superposing overshoots on the pulses at the transmitter end of the transmission medium. These overshoots which have a frequency within the transmission band of the medium and consequently can be transmitted undistorted by the medium contain information about the slope of the flanks and amplitude of the original pulses at the transmitter end. These overshoots are then separated from the transmitted distorted pulses at the receiver end and a reshaping of the pulses is accomplished upon which frequency components are obtained from the overshoots, the amplitude and the time- and phase position of which have such values that the frequency components together with the transmitted distorted pulses form new pulses which well conform to the original pulses.
Abstract:
A sleeve joint for aluminum sheathed cable, particularly when jointing signal telephone and power cables, comprises an aluminum tube whose interior diameter is somewhat larger than the exterior diameter of the aluminum sheathed cable. Both ends of the tube are provided with slots forming a number of tongues which are deformable so that their extremities can be bent down to bear against the sheathed cable. The tongues and the continuous part of the tube are coated on their inside as well as their outside surfaces with a wiping solder consisting of lead, tin, zinc and antimony in special proportions.