Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Nonlinear
Patent
1985-09-16
1987-08-11
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Nonlinear
381 58, G01R 1510
Patent
active
046864598
ABSTRACT:
A level indicator for displaying the decibel values of digital samples of an analog signal with respect to a reference value, each sample having a predetermined number of bits. The indicator comprises a shift register having a smaller bit capacity than the number of bits in the digital signals and for which, a resolution of 2dB, comprises three series-connected flip-flops. The digital signals are applied to the input of the first flip-flop and, together with the outputs of all the flip-flops, to a combinational logic circuit. The output of the last flip-flop is connected to a read-enable circuit. As each bit of a digital signal is shifted into the shift register, the logic circuit generates a logic signal from combination of the output signals of the flip-flops and such digital signal bit, the value of such logic signal indicating how many times a predetermined decibel amount should be applied to the value stored in the shift register in order to attenuate it to the reference value. An adder adds the value of such logic signal to the value of the logic signal previously produced by the logic circuit in response to the preceding bit of the digital signal, and the resulting sum is stored in a memory. When the number of digital signal bits in the shift register reaches the capacity of the shift register, the sum then in the memory is transferred to a read-out device by the read-enable circuit.
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Briody Thomas A.
Burns W.
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Oisher Jack
Streeter William J.
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