Waveform shaping circuit

• US 5,872,474 A
• Filed: 07/15/1997
• Issued: 02/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kawata, Toshihiko, Kagomiya, Shigetoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Callahan, Timothy P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KIM, JUNG H
• Application Number:
  US08/893,108
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 327/130, 327/134, 327/108, 327/170, 327/172, 327/173, 327/174, 327/175, 327/427, 327/434, 327/478
• US Class Current: 327/130
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/16 Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 4/94 having trapezoidal shape

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a waveform shaping circuit for producing a trapezoidal pulse whose leading edge and trailing edge have the same slope and not inducing and radiating harmonic components under any conditions. A waveform shaping circuit comprises a common-emitter transistor 1, a first resistor 2 and second resistor 3 connected in series between a signal input terminal 9 and the base of the transistor 1, a third resistor and first capacitor 5 connected in parallel between a node a between the first resistor 2 and second resistor 2 and a ground, a feedback capacitor 6 connected between the collector of the transistor 1 and the node 1, and a collector load resistor 7 connected in series with the collector of the transistor 1. The waveform of a pulse to be applied to the signal input terminal 9 is reshaped to produce a trapezoidal pulse whose leading edge and trailing edge have a substantially equal slope, and then the trapezoidal pulse is led through a signal output terminal 10. When the waveform shaping circuit is employed in a transmission unit in a communication block in a door control unit included in an on-vehicle multiplex communication network system, the magnitude of induction and radiation of unwanted harmonic components can be reduced drastically.

Claims

1. A waveform shaping circuit, comprising:

a transistor having at least a first main electrode, second main electrode, and control electrode, and having said first main electrode grounded;

first and second resistors connected in series between a signal input terminal and said control electrode;

a third resistor and first capacitor connected in parallel between a node between said first and second resistors and a ground;

a second capacitor connected between said second main electrode and said node; and

a load resistor connected between said second main electrode and power supply terminal,

wherein the waveform of a pulse to be applied to said signal input terminal is reshaped to produce a trapezoidal pulse whose leading edge and trailing edge have a substantially equal slope, and then the trapezoidal pulse is led through said second main electrode.

2. A waveform shaping circuit according to claim 1, wherein said transistor is a junction transistor, and said first main electrode, second main electrode, and control electrode are the emitter, collector, and base of the junction transistor.

3. A waveform shaping circuit according to claim 1, wherein said transistor is a field-effect transistor, and said first main electrode, second main electrode, and control electrode are the source, drain, and gate of the field-effect transistor.

4. A waveform shaping circuit according to claim 1, wherein said pulse is a pulse command output from a control unit in a door control unit included in an on-vehicle multiplex communication network system, said trapezoidal pulse is a trapezoidal-wave command to be placed on a bus line in the network system, and said waveform shaping circuit is a major circuit in a transmission unit in a communication block.

5. A waveform shaping circuit according to claim 2, wherein said pulse is a pulse command output from a control unit in a door control unit included in an on-vehicle multiplex communication network system, said trapezoidal pulse is a trapezoidal-wave command to be placed on a bus line in the network system, and said waveform shaping circuit is a major circuit in a transmission unit in a communication block.