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Superregenerative amplifier-detector

  • US 3,337,807 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1963
  • Issued: 08/22/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A SUPERREGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER-DETECTOR COMPRISING:

  • A SELF-QUENCHING SUPERREGENERATIVE STAGE HAVING INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR COUPLING TO A RATION FREQUENCY SIGNAL MODULATED BY A MODULATING SIGNAL, AND HAVING OUTPUT CIRCUIT MEANS PROVIDING A FREQUENCY MODULATED QUENCH FREQUENCY SIGNALS;

    A DISCRIMINATOR STAGE HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID FREQUENCY MODULATED QUENCH FREQUENCY SIGNAL, AND HAVING AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT PROVIDING A SUB-RADIO FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO SAID MODULATING SIGNAL, AND ALSO PROVIDING A DIRECT CURRENT ERROR SIGNAL VOLTAGE WHEN THE FREQUENCY OF SAID QUENCH FREQUENCY SIGNAL DEVIATES FROM A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, THE POLARITY OF SAID ERROR SIGNAL VOLTAGE BEING DEPENDENT ON THE DIRECTION OF SAID DEVIATION;

    AND AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A VARIABLE BIAS VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID DISCRIMINATOR STAGE AND TO SAID SUPERREGENERATIVE STAGE, SAID AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID ERROR SIGNAL VOLTAGE TO PROVIDE A BIAS VOLTAGE TO SAID SUPERREGENERATIVE STAGE FOR CONTROLLING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID QUENCH FREQUENCY SIGNAL.

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