Abstract:
The present invention relates a circuit for generating a digital output signal (56) locked to a phase of an input signal (24), comprising a plurality of delay cells (42), a first register (31) containing a first value, a phase detector (26) and a control logic (25), which is characterized by comprising a plurality of flip - flop devices (37, ..., 38), wherein storing said first value, a second register (30) containing a second value, a plurality of adder nodes (33) adapted to sum in each of said delay cells (42) said second value with the content of said selected flip - flop device (37, ..., 38), being said delay cells (42) adapted to provide said digital output signal (56), said phase detector (26), receiving said input signal (24) and said digital output signal (56), adapted to detect the phase difference (27) between said input signal and said digital output signal (56), said control logic (25) adapted to control said first and second value in function of said phase difference (27).
Abstract:
The converter comprises a differential amplifier (DIF) having two differential input signals of a first level (V in+ , V in- ) and two differential outputs (V out+ , V out- ), and two output buffers each comprising an inverter (I1, I2) with an input connected to an output of the differential amplifier. In order to produce a symmetrical circuit with output signals having leading and trailing edges and duty-cycles identical to those of the input signals, the converter comprises means (Rv) with adjustable conductivity through which the current (Io) of the differential amplifier passes, and a feedback circuit comprising a generator (Iref) which generates a reference potential (Vref) and is formed by circuit components of shapes and dimensions correlated in predetermined manner with the shapes and dimensions of the components of the inverter (I1, I2). The feedback circuit is connected between a node (N) of the differential amplifier (DIF) which, in operation, is at an intermediate potential between the potentials of the differential outputs, and a regulation terminal of the means (Rv) with adjustable conductivity, in order to regulate the supply voltage of the differential amplifier in a manner such as to keep the potential of the node (N) which is at the intermediate potential at the reference potential which is also the "trigger" potential of the inverters.
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a method and to an equalizer circuit of signals transmitted on a line. In an embodiment the equaliser circuit of signals transmitted on a line having an attenuation comprising: an analogical adaptive filter (1) applied in series to said line comprises at least two transconductance filters having a bias current (Pc1-Pcn) each and to which it is associated at least one pole and at least one zero the position in frequency of which in the working band (B) is variable in response to said bias current (Pc1-Pcn); a retroaction circuit (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) applied to the output of said filter (1) able to vary said bias current (Pc1-Pcn); said bias current (Pc1-Pcn) varies at the varying of said attenuation of said line; characterised in that said at least two transconductance filters have said bias current of prefixed value; said bias current is made to vary at the increasing of said attenuation so that said at least one pole is moved toward the high frequencies; said bias current is made to vary at the increasing of said attenuation so that said at least a zero is moved toward the low frequencies.
Abstract:
A telephone (100) comprises an acoustic alarm (125), conversation members (110), first control means (230a, 420) for the acoustic alarm, second control means (250a, 420) for the conversation members, first supply means (220, T1, Cl) and second supply means (240, T2, C, Ts, 405, 410) for absorbing energy from a telephone line (205), the first supply means (220, T1, C1) and the second supply means (240, T2, C, Ts, 405, 410) supplying the first control means (230a, 420) in a call condition and the second control means (250a, 420) in a conversation condition, respectively, wherein the first supply means (220, T1, C1) further supply the second control means (250a, 420) in the call condition.
Abstract:
The difference between the Vgs voltages of a first MOS transistor (Mp) and a second MOS transistor (Mn) of an integrated circuit due to variations in the production process and/or to variations of other parameters is compensated by a circuit (10) comprising a third MOS transistor (Mp1) and a fourth MOS transistor (Mn1) which are of the same type as the first transistor (Mp) and the second transistor (Mn), respectively, and are formed in the same integrated circuit, means (VDD, Mp2, Mp3) for biasing the third transistor (Mp1) and the fourth transistor (Mn1), means (Mp4-Mp7) for measuring the difference between the Vgs voltages of the third transistor (Mp1) and the fourth transistor (Mn1), means (R1) for generating a compensation current (Io) which is a predetermined function of the difference measured, and means (Sp1-Sp3, Ro) for modifying the biasing of the first MOS transistor (Mp) and of the second MOS transistor (Mn) with the use of the compensation current (Io).
Abstract:
A detector for detecting timing in a digital data flow (BK) with a bit-time equal to T and with a coding which provides, at the beginning of the bit-time T, for no transition or for a transition of a first type or a transition of a second type and, in the middle of the bit-time T, for no transition or for a transition of the first type, comprises first circuit means (2) for generating four local timing signals (Q1-Q4) which have periods substantially equal to the bit-time and are out of phase with one another by 1/4 period, and second circuit means (3) for sampling the four local timing signals (Q1-Q4) upon each transition of the first type in the data flow and for determining, on the basis of the sampled states of the four local timing signals (Q1-Q4), whether a pair of reference signals (Q1-Q3) which are out of phase by one half period, of the four local timing signals (Q1-Q4), is advanced or delayed relative to the timing of the data flow, and consequently controlling the first circuit means in a manner such as to delay or to advance the four local timing signals (Q1-Q4).