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Method of improving sidetone attenuation in electroacoustic systems

US5467394A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 1994
Grant dateNov 14, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M9/082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To improve the anti-sidetone of electro-acoustic installations, particularly to improve the intercom characteristics of a telecommunication terminal, with compander control by an echo evaluation circuit (52) assigned to the compander (4), the latter has an echo compensator (40) located upstream, and/or a voice-controlled balance (51) is located downstream of the compander (4), which are controlled by the echo evaluation circuit (52) of the compander (4). To control the echo compensator (40) and/or the voice-controlled balance (51), the usual control circuitry required for their operation can be omitted. The result is a particularly effective, economical method with very good intercom characteristics.

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