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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:
Dec. 27, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1976
James M Jaffe, Los Altos, CA (US);
John W Hile, Birmingham, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A transducer for producing a pulse duration modulated signal in accord with the value of a parameter. A reference capacitor-resistance circuit is provided having a predetermined rate of capacitor discharge and a second capacitor-resistance circuit is provided having a capacitor and a resistor, one of which is varied in accordance with the parameter to define a rate of capacitor discharge determined by the parameter. Each of the capacitors is periodically charged in unison to a predetermined voltage. Respective level detectors monitor the capacitor voltage charges and generate respective digital signals when the voltage charge monitored is greater than a predetermined reference below which each capacitor discharges during the time interval between charges. A logic circuit monitors the digital signals and produces a series of pulses having durations determined by the value of the parameter.
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