Abstract:
Dual table temperature compensation for a voltage controlled crystal oscillator is achieved by sensing the temperature of the voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO), retrieving from a first table the frequency error with variations in the temperature sensed, retrieving from a second table the oscillator control voltage corresponding to the frequency error from the first table and applying the oscillator control voltage to the VCXO.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an oscillator circuit comprised of a sharp bandpass filter having an input and an output; a linear gain stage having an input and an output, the output of the sharp bandpass filter being connected to the input of the linear stage; a limiter having an input and an output, the output of the linear stage being connected to the input of the limiter; and a feedback loop having an input and an output, the output of the limiter being connected to the input of the feedback loop and the output of the feedback loop being connected to the input of the sharp bandpass filter, wherein the improvement being comprised of the limiter being a symmetrical active clamp.
Abstract:
A SAW resonator filter including a SAW resonator, and a first inductive reactance in parallel with the SAW resonator for shifting the null points below and above the center frequency for establishing substantially symmetrical attenuation about the center frequency.
Abstract:
A transmission line resonator loop antenna includes a transmission line resonator for receiving an input excitation signal and producing a predetermined resonant output signal which is substantially phase reversed relative to the input excitation signal; and a loop antenna having one end responsive to the phase reversed output signal and the other end responsive to a reference excitation signal for maintaining the predetermined resonance.
Abstract:
A wireless microphone with the remote transmitter using a duplicate of the radio frequency determining circuits of the radio receiver to insure that the remote transmitter frequency tracks the temperature drift of the radio receiver frequency, and also with a compressor to reduce the dynamic range of the sounds captured by the microphone. The superheterodyne radio receiver having small size and low current consumption by wiring the elements of the receiver in series rather than in parallel with the battery avoiding the use of switching regulators and also by using the same amplifier to amplify the antenna signal and the local oscillator signal and by adjusting the local oscillator current based on the strength of the received radio signal. The wires between the radio receiver and the speaker are part of the antenna for the radio receiver.
Abstract:
An improved fast settling bit slicing comparator circuit includes a comparator having a non-inverting and inverting input; the non-inverting input receiving an input signal; a filter circuit for receiving the input signal and being connected with the inverting input of the comparator; a positive feedback circuit interconnected between the output of the comparator and the non-inverting input of the comparator for introducing a predetermined hysteresis offset; the filter circuit including a filter resistance and filter capacitance having a reduced time constant sufficient to compensate for at least a portion of the hysteresis offset. Additionally, the positive feedback circuit may be interconnected with the inverting input of the comparator through the filter circuit for gradually reducing the effect of the hysteresis offset by reducing the differential voltage between the inverting and non-inverting inputs.
Abstract:
An improved fast settling bit slicing comparator circuit includes a comparator having a non-inverting and inverting input; the non-inverting input receiving an input signal; a filter circuit for receiving the input signal and being connected with the inverting input of the comparator; a positive feedback circuit interconnected between the output of the comparator and the non-inverting input of the comparator for introducing a predetermined hysteresis offset; the filter circuit including a filter resistance and filter capacitance having a reduced time constant sufficient to compensate for at least a portion of the hysteresis offset. Additionally, the positive feedback circuit may be interconnected with the inverting input of the comparator through the filter circuit for gradually reducing the effect of the hysteresis offset by reducing the differential voltage between the inverting and non-inverting inputs.
Abstract:
A control system for a switching regulator which linearizes the relationship between the control input signal and the duty ratio of the pulse output. A logarithmic signal generator furnishes a logarithmically increasing signal to a comparator circuit. The comparator circuit compares the logarithmic signal to a control input signal and triggers a pulse generator such that the frequency of the pulses has an exponential relationship to the control input signal. The pulses are averaged and the average is subtracted from a reference signal. The result is then used as the input to the logarithmic signal generator. The resulting relationship between the duty ratio of the pulse output and the control input signal is linear.
Abstract:
A battery protection system with a voltage sensing circuit for sensing the voltage of a battery and disconnecting all loads from the battery, including the voltage sensing circuit itself, when the voltage of the battery drops below a preset limit or when a battery charger is connected to the battery. The battery protection system reconnects the voltage sensing circuit upon disconnection of the battery charger.
Abstract:
A wireless microphone with the remote transmitter using a duplicate of the radio frequency determining circuits of the radio receiver to insure that the remote transmitter frequency tracks the temperature drift of the radio receiver frequency, and also with a compressor to reduce the dynamic range of the sounds captured by the microphone. The superheterodyne radio receiver having small size and low current consumption by wiring the elements of the receiver in series rather than in parallel with the battery avoiding the use of switching regulators and also by using the same amplifier to amplify the antenna signal and the local oscillator signal and by adjusting the local oscillator current based on the strength of the received radio signal. The wires between the radio receiver and the speaker are part of the antenna for the radio receiver.