IP Library Granted Patent US 7,944,321
Granted Patent B2
US 7,944,321 · App. 12/161,653 · Granted May 17, 2011

Harmonic suppressing circuit

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Patent No.
US 7,944,321
App. No.
12/161,653
Granted
May 17, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are included an LPF ( 3 ) and an HPF ( 4 ) that are connected in parallel to the output of a pre-emphasis circuit ( 2 ). There is also included a gain adjusting circuit ( 6 ) that performs a gain adjustment of low-pass filter with respect to the frequency band to be passed through the HPF ( 4 ). The low frequency components of the frequency band of baseband signals outputted from the pre-emphasis circuit ( 2 ) pass through the LPF ( 3 ), while the high frequency components pass through the HPF ( 4 ). As to the outputs from the HPF ( 4 ), the gain of especially the higher part of the frequency band components to be passed through the HPF ( 4 ) is suppressed by the gain adjusting circuit ( 6 ), whereby the amplitudes of the baseband signals can be limited only for the high frequency range without using a limiter and further the peak values of the baseband signals can be inhibited from exceeding the maximum frequency deviation.

Claims (6)

1. A harmonic suppressing circuit, comprising:

a pre-emphasis circuit that emphasizes the modulation degree of the high frequency components of the frequency band of an input signal;

a low-pass filter that is connected to the output of the pre-emphasis circuit;

a high-pass filter that is connected to the output of the pre-emphasis circuit in parallel to the low-pass filter;

an adder circuit that adds a signal outputted from the low-pass filter and a signal outputted from the high-pass filter and outputs the resultant signal; and

a gain adjusting circuit that performs gain a gain of a higher frequency part of the frequency band components to be passed through the high-pass filter is low while a gain of a lower frequency part thereof is high.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2015
From: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
To: RICOH ELECTRONIC DEVICES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035011/0219 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECTION TO THE COVER SHEET OF THE ORIGINALLY FILED ASSIGNMENT TO ADD 2ND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021270 FRAME 0724. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CONVEYING PARTIES: TAKESHI IDEDA AND HIROSHI RECEIVING PARTIES: NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD. AND RICOH CO., LTD.. Recorded Oct 30, 2009
From: IKEDA, TAKESHI; MIYAGI, HIROSHI
To: NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD.; RICOH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023448/0392 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2009
From: NSC CO., LTD.
To: RICOH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023449/0462 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2009
From: NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
To: NSC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023240/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2008
From: IKEDA, TAKESHI; MIYAGI, HIROSHI
To: NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021270/0724 →