Patent · US Expired

Speakerphone using digitally compressed audio to control voice path gain

US4741018A · kind A · utility

88Cited by
6References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1987
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/085
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile radiotelephone (120) includes a microcomputer (220), speakerphone control circuitry (106) and mobile radio (112). Mobile radio (112) includes a transmitter (242), receiver (244) and a duplexer (243) for coupling the transmitter (242) and receiver (243) to the mobile antenna. In the transmit voice path, speakerphone control circuitry (106) includes switch (201), variable gain amplifier (202), compressor amplifier (203), switch (204), variable gain amplifier (205), and two registers (212-213). In the receive voice path, speakerphone control circuitry (106) includes variable gain amplifier (232), expander amplifier (233), switch (234), variable gain amplifier (235), switch (236) and two registers (216-217). Speakerphone control circuitry (106) also includes rectifier/filter (224), a companding analog-to-digital (A/D) converter (225), two latches (218-219), rectifier/filter (226) and two registers (214-215). Microcomputer (220) accesses registers (212-217) by means of a data bus (222) including address, control and data lines. Microcomputer (220) utilizes digital samples from A/D converter (225) to continuously generate and store in its memory an envelope signal and a valley s…

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