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Feedback pulse generators

US5929684A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 1998
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K5/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Feedback pulse generators each have an input and an output, a first digital gating circuit, and a second digital gating circuit. The first digital gating circuit is coupled between the input and the output of the pulse generator, and is responsive to an input signal from an external source changing from a first logic state to a second logic state that is received at a first input thereof for initiating a pulse at the output of the pulse generator. The second digital gating circuit is coupled in a feedback path between the output of the pulse generator and a second input to the first digital gating circuit, the second digital gating circuit is responsive to the initiation of the pulse at the output of the pulse generator while the input signal from the external source is in the second logic state for providing a control signal with a predetermined delay to the first digital gating circuit for terminating the pulse at the output of the pulse generator so that the pulse is available for a predetermined period of time essentially independent of any load on the output of the pulse generator.

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