Circuit arrangement with controllable transmission characteristics

• US 5,724,006 A
• Filed: 09/05/1995
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kilian, Ernst-August, Moller, Christoph
• Primary Examiner(s): Mullins, James B.
• Application Number:
  US08/523,698
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: 330/107, 330/109, 330/294, 330/304, 330/305, 330/306, 333/28 T, 381/98, 381/101, 381/102, 381/103, 455/267
• US Class Current: 330/294
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/025 Equalizers; Volume or gain control in limited frequency bands

Abstract

A circuit arrangement which has a controllable transmission characteristic between a signal input (2) and a signal output (5) for a signal within a given transmission frequency band, the circuit arrangement having a bass control stage (1) to which the signal from the signal input (2) can be applied for adjustably boosting the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at low frequencies of the transmission frequency band. A higher flexibility and an improved transmission characteristic of such a circuit arrangement are obtained with a simplified construction by a notch filter stage (3), to which the signal processed in the bass control stage (1) can be applied for attenuating the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at mid-frequencies of the transmission frequency band independently of the bass control stage (1) and by which the signal thus processed can be applied to the signal output.

Claims

1. A circuit arrangement with controllable transmission characteristics between a signal input and a signal output for a signal within a given transmission frequency band, said circuit arrangement comprising a bass control stage to which the signal, applied to the signal input, is applied for adjustably boosting an amplitude-frequency response of the signal at low frequencies of the given transmission frequency band, and a notch filter stage to which the signal processed in the bass control stage is applied for attenuating the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at mid-frequencies of the given transmission frequency band independently of the bass control stage, said notch filter stage applying the signal thus processed to the signal output, characterized in that the bass control stage comprises an amplifier with controllable negative feedback and having an output connected to a first voltage divider arrangement with a frequency-dependent characteristic, said voltage divider arrangement having a plurality of taps which are connectable to an inverting input of the amplifier via a first electronically controllable switch, a non-inverting input of the amplifier being connected to the signal input of the circuit arrangement, and a signal with an amplitude-frequency response boosted at the low frequencies being available at the output of the amplifier.

2. A circuit arrangement as claim in claim 1, characterized in that the first voltage divider arrangement comprises:

a first resistor chain formed by a series arrangement of resistors, said first resistor chain having nodes between the resistors and first and second ends forming the taps of said first voltage divider, the first end of the first resistor chain being connected to the output of the amplifier; and

a first network with a frequency-dependent characteristic, having a first terminal connected to the second end of the first resistor chain, a second terminal connected to the output of the amplifier, and a third terminal connected to ground.

3. A circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the first network comprises a first capacitor between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a first resistor between the first terminal and the third terminal.

4. A circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the first network comprises a first capacitor and a second capacitor arranged in series between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a second resistor connecting a node between the second capacitor and the third capacitor to the third terminal.

5. A circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the circuit arrangement further comprises a control circuit for controlling the first electronically controllable switch so as to obtain a desired amplitude-frequency response in the transmission frequency band.

6. A circuit arrangement with controllable transmission characteristics between a signal input and a signal output for a signal within a given transmission frequency band, said circuit arrangement comprising a bass control stage to which the signal, applied to the signal input, is applied for adjustably boosting an amplitude-frequency response of the signal at low frequencies of the given transmission frequency band, and a notch filter stage to which the signal processed in the bass control stage is applied for attenuating the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at mid-frequencies of the given transmission frequency band independently of the bass control stage, said notch filter stage applying the signal thus processed to the signal output, characterized in that the notch filter stage comprises a first voltage divider arrangement with a frequency-dependent characteristic, said first voltage divider arrangement having a plurality of taps which are connectable to the signal output of the circuit arrangement via a first electronically controllable switch, one end of the first voltage divider arrangement being arranged to receive the signal from the bass control stage.

7. A circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the first voltage divider arrangement comprises:

a first resistor chain formed by a series arrangement of resistors, said first resistor chain having nodes between the resistors and first and second ends forming the taps of the first voltage divider arrangement, the first end of the first resistor chain being connected to the end of the first voltage divider arrangement receiving the signal from the bass control stage; and

a first network with a frequency-dependent characteristic, having a first terminal connected to the first end of the first resistor chain, a second terminal connected to the second end of the first resistor chain, and a third terminal connected to ground.

8. A circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the first network comprises a first capacitor and a second capacitor arranged in series between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a first resistor connecting a node between the first capacitor and the second capacitor to the third terminal.

9. A circuit arrangement as claimed in 6, characterized in that the circuit arrangement further comprises a control circuit for controlling the first electronically controllable switch so as to obtain a desired amplitude-frequency response in the transmission frequency band.

10. A circuit arrangement with controllable transmission characteristics between a signal input and a signal output for a signal within a given transmission frequency band, said circuit arrangement comprising a bass control stage to which the signal, applied to the signal input, is applied for adjustably boosting an amplitude-frequency response of the signal at low frequencies of the given transmission frequency band, and a notch filter stage to which the signal processed in the bass control stage is applied for attenuating the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at mid-frequencies of the given transmission frequency band independently of the bass control stage, said notch filter stage applying the signal thus processed to the signal output, characterized in that said circuit arrangement further comprises a switch having an output connected to the signal output of the circuit arrangement, and having two inputs connected selectively to the output, a first one of said two inputs receiving the signal applied to the signal input of the circuit arrangement, and a second one of said two inputs receiving the signal from the notch filter stage.

11. A circuit arrangement with controllable transmission characteristics between a signal input and a signal output for a signal within a given transmission frequency band, comprising a bass control stage to which the signal, applied to the signal input, is applied, for adjustably boosting an amplitude-frequency response of the signal at low frequencies of the given transmission frequency band, characterized in that said circuit arrangement further comprises a notch filter stage to which the signal processed in the bass control stage is applied for attenuating the amplitude-frequency response of the signal at mid-frequencies of the given transmission frequency band independently of the bass control stage, said notch filter stage applying the signal thus processed to the signal output, wherein the bass control stage comprises an amplifier with controllable negative feedback and having an output connected to a first voltage divider arrangement with a frequency-dependent characteristic, said voltage divider arrangement having a plurality of taps which are connectable to an inverting input of the amplifier via a first electronically controllable switch, a non-inverting input of the amplifier being connected to the signal input of the circuit arrangement, and a signal with an amplitude-frequency response boosted at the low frequencies being available at the output of the amplifier, wherein the notch filter stage comprises a second voltage divider arrangement with a frequency-dependent characteristic, said second voltage divider arrangement having a plurality of taps which are connectable to the signal output of the circuit arrangement via a second electronically controllable switch, one end of the second voltage divider arrangement being arranged to receive the signal from the bass control stage, and wherein the circuit arrangement further comprises a control circuit for controlling the first and second electronically controllable switches independently of one another so as to obtain a desired amplitude-frequency response in the transmission frequency band.