Speech processor for processing analog signals
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1. A speech processor for processing an analog signal comprising:
- gain control means for controlling the amplitude of the analog signal, the gain control means being controlled by a peak limited modulation envelope signal to provide a limited analog signal;
Hilbert transformer means for performing a Hilbert transform on the limited analog signal to provide thereby an inphase signal and a quadrature phase signal;
audio modulation detector means for detecting the peak limited modulation envelope signal, the audio modulation detector means includes a logic means for extracting the square root of the sum of the squares of the inphase signal and the quadrature phase signal to obtain thereby a peak limited signal, reference means for providing a peak reference signal, comparator means for comparing the peak reference signal with the peak limited signal to obtain an analog peak limited modulation signal thereby, and detector means for separating the peak limited modulation envelope signal from the analog peak limited modulation signal; and
feedback path means for coupling the peak limited modulation envelope signal to the gain control means.
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Abstract
Peak-limiting AGC for increased average power SSB transmission is improved by deriving a gain-control signal using Hilbert transform detection techniques to obtain a modulated envelope signal which is compared with a peak clipping reference to form the limiting gain-control signal.
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18 Claims
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1. A speech processor for processing an analog signal comprising:
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gain control means for controlling the amplitude of the analog signal, the gain control means being controlled by a peak limited modulation envelope signal to provide a limited analog signal; Hilbert transformer means for performing a Hilbert transform on the limited analog signal to provide thereby an inphase signal and a quadrature phase signal; audio modulation detector means for detecting the peak limited modulation envelope signal, the audio modulation detector means includes a logic means for extracting the square root of the sum of the squares of the inphase signal and the quadrature phase signal to obtain thereby a peak limited signal, reference means for providing a peak reference signal, comparator means for comparing the peak reference signal with the peak limited signal to obtain an analog peak limited modulation signal thereby, and detector means for separating the peak limited modulation envelope signal from the analog peak limited modulation signal; and feedback path means for coupling the peak limited modulation envelope signal to the gain control means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A speech processor for processing an analog signal comprising:
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A Hilbert transformer means for performing a Hilbert transform on the analog signal to obtain thereby an inphase signal and a quadrature phase signal; 1st variable gain amplifier means for amplifying the inphase signal to obtain a limited inphase signal; 2nd variable gain amplifier means for amplifying the quadrature phase signal to obtain a limited quadrature phase signal; audio modulation detector means for detecting a peak limited modulation envelope signal, the audio modular detection means includes a logic means for extracting the square root of the sum of the squares of the inphase signal and the quadrature phase signal to obtain thereby a peak limited signal, reference means for providing a peak reference signal, comparator means for comparing the peak reference signal with the peak limited signal to obtain an analog peak limited modulation signal thereby, and detector means for separating the peak limited modulation envelope signal from the analog peak limited modulation signal; and feedback path means for coupling the peak limited modulation signal to the first and second variable gain amplifiers, the gain of the first and second variable gain amplifier being controlled by the peak limited modulation envelope signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of speech processing of an analog signal comprising:
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controlling the amplitude of the analog signal in response to a peak limited modulation envelope to obtain a limited analog signal; performing a Hilbert transform on the limited analog signal to provide thereby an inphase signal and a quadrature phase signal; and combining the inphase signal with the quadrature phase signal, said step of combining the inphase signal with the quadrature phase signal includes the steps of squaring the inphase signal, squaring the quadrature phase signal, summing the squared inphase signal with the squared quadrature phase signal, extracting the square root of the sum of the squares of the inphase signal and the quadrature phase signal to obtain thereby a peak limited signal, providing a peak limited reference signal, comparing the peak limited reference signal with the peak limited signal to obtain an analog peak limited modulation signal, and separating the peak limited modulation envelope signal from the analog peak limited modulation signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of speech processing for processing an analog signal comprising the steps of:
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performing a Hilbert transform on the analog signal to obtain thereby an inphase signal and a quadrature phase signal; amplifying with a 1st variable gain amplifier the inphase signal to obtain a limited inphase signal; amplifying with a 2nd variable gain amplifier the quadrature phase signal to obtain a limited quadrature phase signal; combining the limited inphase signal with the limited quadrature phase signal, the step of combining of the inphase signal with the quadrature phase signal includes the steps of squaring the inphase signal, squaring the quadrature phase signal, summing the squared inphase signal with the squared quadrature phase signal, extracting the square root of the sum of the squares of the inphase signal and the quadrature phase signal to obtain thereby a peak limited signal, providing a peak limited reference signal, comparing the peak limited reference signal with the peak limited signal to obtain an analog peak limited modulation signal, and separating the peak limited modulation envelope signal from the analog peak limited modulation signal, the gain of the first and second variable gain amplifier being controlled by the peak limited modulation envelope signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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