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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1978
Johannes B Peek, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan M Schmidt, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit for suppressing pulse-shaped interferences in an audio signal caused by scratches on a phonograph disc, comprising a signal processing section connected between an audio frequency input and an audio frequency output, comprising a noise suppressor having a control input; as well as a control signal section connected between the audio frequency input and the control input, said control signal section comprising a first threshold selection circuit connected to the audio frequency input for selecting pulse-shaped signals from the audio signal, followed by a second threshold selection circuit for distinguishing the pulse-shaped signals originating from noise signals from those originating from musical signals.