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Differential sample and hold coupling circuit

US4459699A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1981
Grant dateJul 10, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/062
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carrier current receiver employs a comparator driven differentially to square a received data signal. The same drive signal is applied to a sample and hold circuit in which a capacitor is charged to a level that is related to the data signal offset. A voltage-to-current converter responds to the capacitor charge and feeds a current to the input where it acts to correct the offset.

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