Voltage-to-frequency converter having a constant frequency mode of operation
US4256983A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1979 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/64
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A combination of integrating and logic means in an electrical circuit responds to inputs from a variable analog control signal and from a constant frequency train of digital pulses. The magnitude of the control signal is variable between predetermined low and high extremes. The logic means periodically generates discrete output signals in synchronism with the digital pulses. When the control signal is lower than a predetermined intermediate magnitude, the integrating means is saturated and the logic means is able to produce the output signals at a constant frequency. When the control signal is between its intermediate and high extreme magnitude, the integrator is active and governs the operation of the logic means in such a manner that the average frequency of the output signals varies between its constant magnitude and zero as an inverse linear function of the control signal magnitude.
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