Wave transmission lines and networks – Automatically controlled systems
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Callahan, Timothy P. (Department: 2816)
Wave transmission lines and networks
Automatically controlled systems
C333S202000, C455S339000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06917252
ABSTRACT:
An automatic tuning scheme for two active band-pass filters where both filters operate on the signal while simultaneously being tuned using a reference signal. To allow that the amplitude of a reference signal is made small and since both filters demonstrate a good linearity the build-up of the inter-modulation distortion does not occur. The first band-pass filter is tuned with the reference falling into its pass-band. The second band-pass filter is also tuned with the reference placed into its pass-band. The reference is practically eliminated by the virtue of the complexity of the second band-pass filter. Assuming the filter passes the signal for positive frequencies if the reference is made a negative frequency by appropriate 90 degrees phase shifting it will be attenuated by at least 55 dB, which is a sufficient signal-to-reference ratio.
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Callahan Timothy P.
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
Nguyen Hai L.
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