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Comparator switched squelch rectifier

US5303405A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1991
Grant dateApr 12, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03G3/344
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A squelch circuit (200) having an input is provided including a programmable high pass filter (206) for filtering the input signal to produce a filtered signal. The filtered signal is rectified via a differential rectifier (201) to produce a rectified signal. The squelch circuit (200) also includes a threshold comparator (323) coupled to the differential rectifier (201) for sensing when the rectified signal exceeds a squelch threshold.

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