摘要:
A data reading system for use particularly in cash- or goodsdispensing machines in which the data to be read is represented by a plurality of passive resonant devices in or on a card and in which, when said data is to be read from said card, said card is placed in the field of a reactive element fed with variable frequency oscillations and associated with counting means in such a way that the count registered by said counting means indicates the resonant frequency of any one or more of said resonant devices located in said field. A card for use in such a system comprises a plurality of passive resonant devices, the resonant frequencies of which represent the data carried by the card.
摘要:
A means for generating pulses with precise time-frequency variation embodies a phase locked loop including a precise reference frequency source and a voltage controlled oscillator by means of which an output frequency may be generated precisely in phase and equal in frequency with respect to the precise reference. Control means including a current source the magnitude of which is a predetermined time varying characteristic determines the variation of output frequency from the initial loop controlled value by supplying current, after loop reference disablement, to a capacitor associated with the loop low-pass filter. The voltage thus supplied to the voltage control oscillator effects a predetermined time variation of output frequency during a prescribed output pulse interval.
摘要:
As in existing frequency synthesizers, the frequency of a main tunable oscillator is controlled by being phase locked to a voltage obtained by comparing a pulse signal of comparable frequency derived by dividing the oscillator signal frequency by the necessary divisor. Binary-coded decimal switches set the divisor in steps equal to the standard frequency. A central feature of the present invention is a calibrated potentiometer supplied with a voltage that is inversely proportional to the frequency of the main oscillator and is of such a magnitude that moving the arm of the potentiometer from one end to the other will vary the frequency of the main oscillator continuously over a range which is equal to the difference between two successive frequencies determined by the switches, no matter what the frequency of the main oscillator may be. The voltage at the arm of the potentiometer is connected to the standard-frequency generator to modify its frequency a certain percentage, and a sweep signal may also be applied to sweep the standard signal over a limited band and thus sweep the signal of the main oscillator over a controlled band while still retaining a phaselocked condition.