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Digital tone mixer

US5231240A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1992
Grant dateJul 27, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S84/23
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A digital tone mixer includes a first digital volume regulator electrically connected to a first tone generator and having a binary signal output corresponding to the desired amplitude of a pulsating tone signal from the first tone generator; a second digital volume regulator electrically connected to a second tone generator and having a binary signal output corresponding to the desired amplitude of a pulsating tone signal from the second tone generator; a binary adder for summing the binary signal outputs of the first and second volume regulators; and a pulse rate modulator receiving a binary output from the binary adder and generating a pulse train which has a pulse density corresponding to the binary output of the binary adder. The digital tone mixer has a very stable output characteristic.

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