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Signal generator

US4086588A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1975
Grant dateApr 25, 1978
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Expiry dateMay 12, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M11/20
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal generator generates different input signals when the keys are depressed. The signal generator comprises an input signal generating circuit and a double-key-depression detecting circuit. The input signal generating circuit includes a shift register having a plurality of shift stages and the associated output lines, signal lines for transmitting signals which may be sequentially derived from the output lines of the shift stages, and a discriminator for discriminating through which signalline is transmitted the signal. Each output of the shift stages of the shift register provides one information representative of a depressed key. Output of the discriminator provides another information representative of a depressed key. The input signal is identified by the combination of two kinds of the information.

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