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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gen Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Noguchi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SOny Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A muting circuit for muting a 1-bit digital signal which is not in need of a special circuit configuration, which a muting signal for muting the 1-bit digital signal is selected such that the inhibiting frequencies of an infinite response filter used for converting the 1-bit digital signal will be coincident with the spectrum distribution of the muting signal generated responsive to a muting command.