The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1974
Jun Takayama, Tokyo, JA;
Takenori Sonoda, Tokyo, JA;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A signal conversion system in which an analog signal of a certain magnitude can be encoded as a digital signal making full use of the available number of bits of an A/D converter. The system includes amplitude adjustment apparatus with an up-down counter actuated by the maximum available binary value of the digital signal to count UP one step and set an amplitude selection circuit to effectively attenuate the amplitude of the analog signal by a predetermined amount. The counter may have more than one memorizable count level to control a corresponding number of amplitude selection levels. The counter counts DOWN when the most significant bit of the digital signal drops from 1 to 0. The invention includes a corresponding analog signal reconstruction circuit except that it includes a D/A converter that produces an analog signal at maximum value that must be attenuated for low-amplitude values.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile