摘要:
This invention is relating to an active, all analog electronic device, for performing a controlled distortion processing over an electric audio signal applied to its input. As a result an output electric audio signal, corresponding to the input electric audio signal is produced. The output electric audio signal is distorted, and contains the dynamics, harmonics, phase shifting and time relations between the components of the input signal. The Method of Analog Math Processing for Controlled Distortion of an electric audio signal and Device consists gain, gain controlling, signal attenuating, buffering and summing stages, blending, tone and level variable controls. The summing stages are arranged to receive signal portions from the gain stages, through their corresponding attenuating stages. These signal portions are summed, based on the analog math processing principles and a distorted electric audio signal is produced with a wide range of smooth and controlled overdrive and distortion effect.
摘要:
There are techniques described to determine connectivity of a speaker. An amplifier is driven in a predefined manner. A change in power delivered to a power input of the amplifier (or an electrical apparatus in which the amplifier is incorporated) as a result of the predefined driving is sensed. A value indicative of a state of connection of one or more speakers to an output of the amplifier is determined, based on the sensed change in power.
摘要:
There is provided a low-cost loudspeaker system which can adjust attenuation and provide protection against an excessive input. Between input terminals and a loudspeaker unit is provided a serial circuit including a plurality of resistor elements. A switch is provided which can switch between connected and disconnected states of two points, which includes one or more resistor elements of the serial circuit therebetween, through an over-current protection element.
摘要:
Audio signals are reproduced with consistent perception of total harmonic distortion even with varying spectral content of a particular audio signal without separately limiting different frequency bands within the audio signal. A distortion threshold representative of an amount of distortion to be allowed to be introduced by a power amplifier is determined in response to a frequency content of the audio signal. A distortion trigger compares a measured average distortion signal and the distortion threshold and reduces the controllable gain of the amplifier if the average distortion signal exceeds the distortion threshold.
摘要:
A digitally enabled speaker amplifier system not only offers substantial numbers of analog loudspeaker outputs in response to a command to emit a selected tone or alarm signal but also supports regionalized and unit-by-unit control of the selected signals. The functionality disclosed herein further allows external command signals to configure a master system panel that controls the speaker amplifier system.
摘要:
A class D amplifier is provided with a frequency characteristic compensation function. An automatic frequency characteristic compensation circuit is disposed at an input unit of a class D amplifier. The frequency characteristic of the class D amplifier is automatically measured while a load is connected, using a test signal having a predetermined frequency and signal level. An inverse characteristic is computed for compensating the frequency characteristic to the design frequency characteristic, and the inverse characteristic is set in the automatic frequency characteristic compensation circuit.
摘要:
This invention controls and modulates switched-mode power amplifiers to enable the production of signals that include amplitude modulation (and possibly, but not necessarily, phase modulation), the average power of which may be controlled over a potentially wide range.
摘要:
The power voltage supply for a power amplifier is switched between an operational full power mode and a reduced power mode by the switching of a dual state impedance device connected in series between the power amplifier and the power supply. A control circuit detects the level of a signal to be amplified by that amplifier and switches the impedance states thus reducing the power output capability of the power amplifier and placing the power amplifier into a reduced power mode. In one embodiment, the signal is produced by spectrally filtering with a low pass filter, with the cross-over frequency being adjustable. Additionally, the gain of the amplifier can be reduced for high level signals.
摘要:
A power amplifier for delivering large currents as well as high voltages of the order of some hundreds of amperes and 1000 or more volts, notably for MRI. The amplifier is constructed as a multilevel inverter in order to comply with the requirement of high voltages while utilizing transistors capable of withstanding lower voltages only. The amplifier is arranged for soft switching, so that the switching losses at said large currents are limited.
摘要:
An electronic balance adjusting circuit comprises a register for holding a balance data and capable of changing the balance data held in the register, a first ALU receiving the balance data held in the register for outputting a first digital value corresponding to a first ratio, and a second ALU receiving the balance data held in the register for outputting a second digital value corresponding to a second ratio having such an inverse increase/decrease relation to the first ratio that when the first ratio increases, the second ratio decreases and when the first ratio decreases, the second ratio increases. A first digital-to-analog converter receives the first digital value to output a first analog signal indicative of the first ratio, and a second digital-to-analog converter receives the second digital value to output a second analog signal indicative of the second ratio. A first variable attenuator receives a first input signal and is controlled by the first analog signal to output a first output signal which has been attenuated by the attenuation amount in accordance with the first analog signal, and a second variable attenuator receives a second input signal and is controlled by the second analog signal to output a second output signal which has been attenuated by the attenuation amount in accordance with the second analog signal.