Abstract:
The invention provides a method for removing noise spikes from an electrical input signal having an AC component, comprising the steps of determining the current rma value of the input signal, low pass filtering the input signal, producing a variable offset, said variable offset being a function of the current rma value, forming a variable threshold by superimposing the variable offset to the low pass filtered signal, comparing the input signal to the variable threshold, creating a spike detection signal when the input signal passes the variable threshold, and blanking the input signal during the occurrence of the spike detection signal.