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Real time auto-correlation filter method and apparatus

US5465227A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1993
Grant dateNov 7, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H17/026
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An auto-correlation filter for increasing the signal-to-noise ratio in a signal having synchronous analog components to be detected and associated asynchronous noise components includes a circuit for inputting a plurality of cycles of the signal and noise components; a circuit for digitizing the signal and noise components over a time period that is a function of the time duration of each cycle; a circuit for storing for an n.sub.th cycle the digitized components at the end of the time period until the start of an n.sub.th +1 cycle; a circuit for converting the stored n.sub.th cycle digital components into a corresponding restored analog signal; and a circuit for summing the n.sub.th cycle restored analog signal with signal and noise components of the n.sub.th +1 cycle.

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