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Amplitude controlled sine wave oscillator

US4430627A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
2References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1980
Grant dateFeb 7, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L5/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An amplitude control circuit of the invention includes a vector composition circuit (18) for composing a cosine-wave signal (e3) from a sine-wave signal (e1) and a control signal generation circuit (20) for providing a control signal (e4) from the sine- and cosine-wave signals (e1, e3) which the control signal (e4) has substantially no ripples. DC level of the control signal (e4) is varied proportional to the amplitude of the sine-wave signal (e1) regardless of the frequency of the sine-wave signal (e1). The amplitude of an amplification control circuit (12) is controlled by the control signal (e4) so that the amplitude of the oscillation output signal (e1) derived from the oscillation circuit (16) is constant.

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