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Signal processsing apparatus

  • US 3,153,237 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1958
  • Issued: 10/13/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1958
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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4. APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE TIME DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN TWO COHERENT ELECTRICAL ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS COMPRISING:

  • CONTROL MEANS FOR PROVIDING A REFERENCE POTENTIAL LEVEL;

    FIRST MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CONTROL MEANS TO PROVIDE A PULSE-LIKE OUTPUT SIGNAL EACH TIME THE FIRST OF SAID ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS PASSES THROUGH SAID REFERENCE POTENTIAL LEVEL;

    SECOND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CONTROL MEANS TO PROVIDE A SECOND PULSE-LIKE OUTPUT SIGNAL EACH TIME THE SECOND OF SAID TWO ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS PASSES THROUGH SAID REFERENCE POTENTIAL LEVEL;

    AND THIRD MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS FOR COMBINING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FOR PROVIDING A RESULTANT OUTPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF SAID PULSE-LIKE OUTPUT SIGNALS OF BOTH SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS WITHIN A PRESELECTED TIME INTERVAL, SAID FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE BEING AN INDICATION OF THE RELATIVE TIME DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN SAID COHERENT TWO ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS.

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