Abstract:
Detector (28) monitoring the voltage ripple in the rectified electrical output signal of an alternator (22) in a multiphase alternator battery charging system. A circuit monitors the undulating alternator output signal and produces a signal level in response. To correct the detector operation for various magnetic phenomena present in the alternator, a first circuit measures the rotational speed of the rotor and produces a proportional signal. A second circuit determines the excitation current supplied to the field coil. The measurement and determination are separately weighted and combined to form a corrected comparison threshold value. A variable threshold circuit combines the signal proportional to the rotational speed of the rotor and the determined field coil excitation current to produce a combined signal level. Comparison means compare the signal level from the monitored alternator output signal with the combined signal level and produce an output signal level indicative of the detection of a voltage ripple in excess of the combined signal level. The output signal is corrected for the effects of significant alternator performance characteristics.
Abstract:
In situ self-diagnostic automotive alternator battery charging system. Included are: a battery (74); voltage regulator (82) sensing battery voltage and generating an excitation signal; and an alternator (22) driven by a vehicle engine provide a rectified electrical signal to charge the battery in response to the excitation signal. Electronic circuit status detectors (84, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100), variously coupled to the battery, voltage regulator (82) and alternator (22), maintain a first logic state when a corresponding signal characteristic is within a predetermined range and a second logic state when the corresponding characteristic is outside the predetermined range. Combinatorial logic means (86, 102, 104) respond to a logic state sequence from the detectors to identify predetermined sequences of the logic states resulting in the identification of faults in the charging system. The logic means (104) also provides a warning to the operator of detection of a fault and a display of the location of the fault as occurring in one of the major components of the charging system.
Abstract:
Amplifier circuit for temperature compensating the output voltage thereof with respect to undesirable temperature induced signals from a silicon pressure transducer (10) and/or from components of the amplifier itself. The amplifier includes a first operational amplifier (50) and a second operational amplifier (68). A first circuit connects the output terminal of the first operational amplifier through a summing node (66) to one input terminal (70) of the second amplifier. Output signals from the pressure transducer are applied between one input terminal (52) of the first operational amplifier and another input terminal (72) of the second amplifier. A temperature compensating circuit (116) is connected to the summing node for enabling the output voltage of the amplifier to be substantially independent of temperature. An initial offset voltage compensating circuit (80) is coupled to the summing node for adjusting the intercept of the pressure-to-output voltage transfer curve. The gain of the second operational amplifier determines the slope of the curve.
Abstract:
An improved frequency synthesizer suitable for use in mobile and portable radio applications using multiple dual modulus prescalers to achieve high frequency operation and low current drain. A first high speed prescaler (132) of limited size is used in conjunction with a second prescaler (170) to avoid the use of one large high speed prescaler to attain high frequency operation. Consequently, the frequency synthesizer can be constructed using only a minimum amount of high speed, high current drain logic thereby reducing cost and power consumption.
Abstract:
Housing for electronic apparatus (10), such as a radio or paging device, including an enclosure (20, 22) made of a suitable rigid material, which may be metal or plastic (26), with resilient material (34) on the outside surface thereof. The resilient material may be a urethane elastomer which is thermoplastic and can be applied to the rigid material by injection molding. The elastomer can completely cover the enclosure, including a movable control element (14) thereon, to provide a rugged shock absorbing and scuff and contaminant resistant housing for the apparatus therein.
Abstract:
A bistable circuit and shift register requiring less chip area and with greatly reduced current drain is realized with I sL logic gates. Each cell (28) of the register includes only four logic gates (10), connected as two binary R-S flip-flops, each gate consisting of a pair of merged PNP and NPN transistors. The two flip-flops are alternately energized by switching the current into the gate injectors in accordance with the phase of the clock signal. The use of fewer gates with simplified interconnections contribute to reduce chip area and current drain.
Abstract translation:双通道电路和移位寄存器需要更少的芯片面积和大大减少的电流消耗是用I s s逻辑门来实现的。 寄存器的每个单元(28)仅包括四个逻辑门(10),连接为两个二进制R-S触发器,每个门由一对合并的PNP和NPN晶体管组成。 通过根据时钟信号的相位将电流切换到栅极注入器来交替地激励两个触发器。 使用具有简化互连的较少门有助于减少芯片面积和电流消耗。
Abstract:
A single-chip microcomputer comprises a CPU (1), a RAM (2), an EPROM (3), a timer (4), serial I/O communication logic (5), four I/O ports (11-14) and an input pin for providing a RESET signal or programming potential V u (23). An EPROM control register (53) in the CPU is loadable under the control of a computer program stored in an external memory (40). Responsive to a first bit in the EPROM control register an address buffer/latch (61) and a data latch (62) temporarily latch address and data information during a write operation to the EPROM. Responsive to a second bit in the EPROM control register the programming potential is applied to the EPROM for a predetermined time to program the data information into the EPROM at its associated address. The accuracy of the programming operation may be verified using the CPU under the control of the external computer program, to compare the address and data information programmed into the EPROM with the original source of such information.
Abstract:
Digital dwell circuitry (121) for a spark and dwell ignition control system (10) Maximum advance (15, 16) and reference (17, 18) sensors are utilized to produce pulse transitions (t u, t u) which determine positions of maximum and minimum possible advance for spark ignition with respect to the position of the engine crankshaft. For each maximum advance sensor pulse transition (t u) a main counter (41) starts a sequential running count of speed independent clock pulses (C u) wherein the maximum count obtained by the counter is related to engine crankshaft speed. The running and maximum counts of the main counter (41) are utilized by dwell circuitry (121) to determine the time (t u) prior to the next maximum advance pulse (t u) at which spark coil excitation should occur. The main counter running count also determines several inputs to a read only memory (ROM) circuit (48) whose output controls a rate multiplier (53). The rate multiplier (53) receives input clock signals (C2), provides selective frequency division for these clock signals in accordance with the ROM output, and the output of the rate multiplier is coupled to an accumulator means (80, 81, 82) whose accumulated count is utilized to determine the occurrence of spark ignition by terminating spark coil excitation.
Abstract translation:用于火花和停留点火控制系统的数字驻留电路(121)(10)利用最大前进(15,16)和参考(17,18)传感器来产生脉冲过渡(t u,u u,u u u ),其确定关于发动机曲轴的位置的火花点火的最大和最小可能提前的位置。 对于每个最大提前传感器脉冲转换(t uA u),主计数器(41)开始速度无关时钟脉冲(C u)的顺序运行计数,其中由计数器获得的最大计数与发动机曲轴 速度。 主计数器(41)的运行和最大计数由驻留电路(121)利用来确定在下一个最大提前脉冲(t uA u)之前的时间(t uu w u) 应该发生 主计数器运行计数还确定几个输入到只读存储器(ROM)电路(48),其输出控制速率倍增器(53)。 速率倍增器(53)接收输入时钟信号(C2),根据ROM输出为这些时钟信号提供选择性分频,速率倍增器的输出耦合到累加器装置(80,81,82),该累加器装置 累积计数用于通过终止火花线圈激励来确定火花点火的发生。
Abstract:
A subscriber line card arrangement, in which each of eight subscriber lines is interfaced by a respective high voltage analog circuit, followed by a low voltage circuit for performing essential analog functions including over-sampled analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion. A single CMOS digital signal processor (DSP) is multiplexed between each of the eight channels to perform digital signal processing of the telephone signals in each channel. Silicon usage for the high voltage functions is reduced as is the amount of bipolar analog circuitry. Digital hardware is saved by multiplexing the DSP. The invention is useful in central offices and PABX's.
Abstract:
Systeme de traitement de donnees du type dans lequel a lieu une transmission d'un format de code possedant une forme presentant une pluralite d'inversions 1011010 etc. a partir de laquelle il est souhaitable de maintenir la synchronisation de bits pour les donnees d'entree une fois que la synchronisation initiale est obtenue. Le systeme se caracterise en ce qu'apres qu'un premier mot de code de synchronisation est reconnu, au moins une partie de tout mot de code de synchronisation suivant est echantillonne au moins deux fois (ou trois fois) par bit et compare a la structure connue des bits d'un mot de code de synchronisation connu pour permettre a la structure de bit de s'adapter au mieux a la structure de bit connue afin d'etre acceptee par le systeme pour echantillonner les donnees d'entree. Le meilleur ajustement peut etre constitue par un total cumule ou par une somme des plus petites erreurs comparees a la structure.