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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:
Jan. 26, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1985
Louis Tallaron, Egreve, FR;
Jean C Bertails, Coublevie, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a detector of the mean level of a signal particularly intended to indicate whether an expected alternating signal is absent or present. This detector uses an analog comparator, a digital counter and a converter for establishing an analog signal to be compared with the expected rectified signal. The counter content oscillates round the mean value of the rectified signal. The counter serves as a digital integrator for the sign of the difference between the input signal and the content of the counter, in such a way that on average the input signal is just as often above as below the counter content. The digital - analog conversion can take place with the aid of switched capacitors.