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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1981
Filed:
May. 21, 1979
Georges Bonnerot, Les Ulis, FR;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Level control arrangement for frequency-division multiplex signals, comprising an amplifying device having a variable gain factor, a circuit for transposing the frequency of the multiplex signal at the output of said arrangement in order to bring the frequency of the pilot signal to a low frequency; a low-pass filter for limiting the spectrum of the transposed signal; and analog-to-digital converter in the form of a uniform delta modulator, the input whereof is connected to the output of the low-pass filter. In a code converter this delta modulation signal is converted into either a PCM signal, or a DPCM signal, and the signal thus obtained is applied to a digital filter for selecting a signal which is characteristic of said pilot signal. The filtered signal is applied to a detector for detecting the peak values. The peak values obtained are applied to a comparison device for generating an error signal which sets the value of the gain factor of the amplifying device.