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Bandsplitter systems

US4181822A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1978
Grant dateJan 1, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 7, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/667
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for partitioning a wide-band signal into a plurality of separate narrow-band signals partition the wide-band signal into a low-frequency component and a high-frequency component at least partially above the low-frequency component in the spectrum of the wide-band signal. The low-frequency component is translated into a first narrow-band signal having a band of frequencies at least partially higher than the frequencies of the low-frequency component. The high-frequency component is partitioned into at least two separate further narrow-band signals, each having a bandwidth smaller than the bandwidth of the high-frequency component. Alternatively or additionally, sequential pluralities of elements (samples) of the wide-band signal are distributed over a plurality of groups, and each plurality of elements in each group is separately stored. Narrow-band signals are provided by separately releasing stored pluralities of elements from the groups in an at least partially time-coincident relationship.

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