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Transient-suppressing mode switch

US6393079B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1998
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/10
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transient-suppressing mode switch (100) uses a state machine (120) in conjunction with a soft switch (114) to control a first mode signal sent from a first mode signal source (112) to a first soft switch input and a second mode signal from a second mode signal source (130) to a second soft switch input. When switching from a first mode to a second mode, the state machine delays the transition of the second mode signal from a constant zero value to a non-zero value until after the amplitude of the first mode signal at the first soft switch input has decayed to a sufficiently small value in order to reduce transients caused by switching.

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