Method and apparatus for generating pulses from analog waveforms
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1. A method for generating pulses, comprising:
- providing a circuit having a transfer function comprising two or more unstable operating regions and two or more stable operating regions, said circuit having an operating point;
exciting said circuit with a first signal, said operating point being forced to a first of said unstable regions in response thereto to produce first oscillations; and
exciting said circuit with a second signal different from said first signal, said operating point being forced to a second of said unstable regions in response thereto to produce second oscillations different from said first oscillations.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that allows an analog waveform to carry multilevel of information is disclosed. This allows information capacity enhancement in pulse decoding communication system by concatenating several information regions in one cycle of analog waveform.
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1. A method for generating pulses, comprising:
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providing a circuit having a transfer function comprising two or more unstable operating regions and two or more stable operating regions, said circuit having an operating point;
exciting said circuit with a first signal, said operating point being forced to a first of said unstable regions in response thereto to produce first oscillations; and
exciting said circuit with a second signal different from said first signal, said operating point being forced to a second of said unstable regions in response thereto to produce second oscillations different from said first oscillations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for generating pulses, comprising:
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receiving a first analog waveform, a first portion of which has a first slope;
applying said first analog waveform to a circuit characterized by having two or more unstable operating regions and two or more stable operating regions, said circuit having an operating point;
in response to said first slope, forcing said operating point to a first of said unstable regions to produce first pulses;
receiving a second analog waveform, a portion of which corresponds to said first portion and which has a second slope different from said first slope;
applying said second analog waveform to said circuit; and
in response to said second slope, forcing said operating point to a second of said unstable regions to produce second pulses. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for producing information from analog waveforms, comprising:
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providing a circuit having at least two unstable operating regions separated by a stable operating region;
applying a first analog waveform to said circuit, and in response thereto forcing said circuit to operate in a first of said unstable operating regions to produce first oscillations;
producing a first symbol based on said first oscillations;
applying a second analog waveform to said circuit, and in response thereto forcing said circuit to operate in a second of said unstable operating regions to produce second oscillations; and
producing a second symbol based on said second oscillations, wherein said information comprises said first and second symbols. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device for producing pulses, comprising;
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an input for receiving signals;
a circuit coupled to said input, said circuit having at least two unstable operating regions and at least two stable operating regions; and
an output coupled to said circuit for outputting pulses, said circuit responsive to sensing a first signal to operate in one of said unstable operating regions to produce first pulses, said circuit further responsive to sensing a second signal to operate in another of said unstable operating regions to produce second pulses different from said first pulses. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A device for producing information from analog waveforms, comprising;
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a circuit having a first unstable region separated from a second unstable region by a stable region, said circuit having an input terminal for receiving said analog waveforms, said circuit having first and second output terminals; and
a decoder coupled to receive said first and second output terminals, said circuit configured to operate in said first unstable region in response to receiving a first analog waveform to produce first oscillations at said first output terminal, said decoder, in response to detecting said first oscillations, producing a first symbol, said circuit further configured to operate in said second unstable region in response to receiving a second analog waveform to produce second oscillations at said second output terminal, said decoder, in response to detecting said second oscillations, producing a second symbol. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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