Tone generator system for an electronic organ
US4173916A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 1977 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S84/23
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A tone generator system for an electronic organ which is capable of being fabricated into an LSI structure and receives a saw-tooth wave or staircase wave as an input thereto comprises a frequency divider for the saw-tooth wave or staircase wave including a ladder resistor network and a complementary MOS FET devices, an analog switch having a wide dynamic range and a high linearity in input-output transfer characteristic constructed by MOS FET devices to serve as an indirect keying means, a sustain means including a novel structure of a variable impedance element which is constructed to control a channel current in a MOS FET device by varying a potential distribution in a source region, and an impedance converter constructed by complementary MOS FET devices and free from a D.C. level shift. With the above arrangement a tone generator system of high quality for an electronic organ is provided.
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