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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1982

Filed:

Mar. 10, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:

Malcolm F MacDonald, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Assignee:

GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
328 55 ; 328 59 ;
Abstract

Time delayed signals are produced by apparatus including an oscillator which provides signals at a constant frequency to a multi-stage frequency divider. One of the stages of the divider is selected and is applied to a multiple-stage frequency divider which provides signals at outputs of various stages thereof. At least a portion of the outputs of the various stages are utilized for controlling the selection of the stage applied to the multiple-stage frequency divider. A digital to analog converter, responsive to the outputs of the multiple-stage frequency divider, provides an analog output signal to a comparator. The comparator provides an output signal when the analog output signal is at least equal to a predetermined voltage.


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