Circuit and method for automatically limiting the amplitude of broadcast audio signals
US7627130B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03G3/001
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A circuit for processing broadcast signals that includes circuitry for receiving and processing broadcast signals which contain audio information and providing a first audio signal, and circuitry for controlling the amplitude of a received second audio signal in response to a first control signal, and providing a third audio signal wherein the circuit further comprises circuitry that receives the first audio signal and provides the second audio signal for automatically limiting the amplitude of the first audio signal in response to at least one reference signal.
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