Process for converting an analogue signal into a rectangular signal and device for implementing this process
US6362673B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K5/084
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for converting, by virtue of a threshold, a signal exhibiting alternating rising and falling transitions, into a rectangular signal, wherein the threshold is determined on each transition of the signal to be converted. A device for implementing the process comprises a delay line, whose input receives the signal to be converted by way of an impedance equal to the characteristic impedance of the line, and a comparator whose inputs are linked respectively to the input and to the output of the line.
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