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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1974
Robert Price, Lexington, MA (US);
John W Craig, Sudbury, MA (US);
Sperry Rand Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Data channel gain-variation distortions are reduced by the following combination of operations. Successively occurring data items are cumulatively added in modulo fashion thereby providing a sequence of partial sums. An exponentiating circuit is introduced to provide an exponential function of the partial sums. The exponentiated partial sums are then recorded or transmitted on a data channel wherein the signals are distorted by relatively slow gain variations thereof. The received distorted signals are applied to a logarithmic circuit wherein the multiplicative gain variation distortions are converted to additive distortions. The logarithmically converted signals are applied to a subtractor that sequentially provides the differences in modulo fashion between successively occurring signals from the logarithmic circuit thereby yielding the data items with the distortions substantially reduced.