Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Including amplitude or volume control – With manual volume control
Patent
1996-01-18
1997-10-14
Kuntz, Curtis
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Including amplitude or volume control
With manual volume control
381104, 330278, 330280, 455255R, 4552421, H03G 300
Patent
active
056779623
ABSTRACT:
An amplifier comprises a variable gain analog amplifier for amplifying an input analog signal to generate an intermediate analog signal, the gain of the analog amplifier being switchable between two or more discrete gain values. An analog to digital converter converts the intermediate analog signal into a corresponding intermediate digital signal and a variable gain digital amplifier amplifies the intermediate digital signal. A gain control circuit, responsive to a required gain, selects one of the discrete gain values of the analog amplifier and a gain value of the digital amplifier so that the sum of the selected gain values is substantially equal to the required gain; and whether the required gain is increasing or decreasing is detected. If the required gain is decreasing, a delay circuit delays, by a predetermined period longer than a gain switching period of the analog amplifier, a step change in the gain value of the digital amplifier when the gain control circuit changes the selected discrete gain value for the analog amplifier. This can avoid subjectively disturbing transient boosts in the overall system gain when the analog amplifier's gain is switched.
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Frindle Paul Anthony
Harrison Simon Irving
Frommer William S.
Kuntz Curtis
Lee Ping W.
Sinderbrand Alvin
Sony Corporation
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