Signal correction for electrical gain control systems
US4234804A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 1978 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03G1/0005
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to an electrical gain control system which provides a first signal logarithmically related to an input signal, sums a gain control signal with the first signal; and then provides an output signal which is an antilogarithmic function of the sum of the gain control signal and first signal. In accordance with the present invention in order to at least partially compensate for errors in the output signal arising from inherent characteristics of the components of the system, the system is improved by comparing the input signal and the output signal; generating an error correction signal in response to the comparison as a function of the errors in the output signal; and summing the error correction signal with the first signal and the gain control signal so as to reduce the error in the output signal.
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