US 4,056,685 AGranted

Signal distributing and muting system for multiple channel FM stereo system

AssigneeZenith Radio Corporation

InventorLajos Burgyan

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Abstract

A signal distributing and muting system for a four-channel stereo receiver comprises a source of composite baseband signal, a source of bias potential and a plurality of differential amplifier type demodulators for developing a like plurality of audio difference components. The system includes a composite signal distributor having a first output terminal for applying composite signal to one of the demodulators and a second output terminal for applying composite signal for the remaining ones of the demodulators. A bias potential distributor has a first output terminal for applying operating bias to one demodulator and a second output terminal for applying operating bias to the remaining ones of the demodulators. A control signal is provided which has a first amplitude indicative of detection by the receiver of a four-channel pilot signal and a second different amplitude indicative of failure to detect such a pilot signal. A switch coupled to the second output terminals of the composite signal and bias potential distributors responds to a control signal of said first amplitude to render the remaining demodulators operative. In response to a control signal of a different amplitude the switch renders the remaining demodulators quiescent while simultaneously controlling the bias applied to these demodulators so that the power consumed by their differential amplifiers during the quiescent condition remain substantially the same as the power consumed during the operative condition.

A signal distributing and muting system for a multiple-channel stereo receiver comprising:

a source of composite baseband signal;
a source of bias potential;
a plurality of demodulators responsive to said composite baseband signal and to said source of bias potential for developing a like plurality of audio difference components, each of said demodulators comprising a differential amplifier;
a composite signal distributor having an input terminal coupled to said source of composite baseband signal,
a first output terminal for applying said composite signal to one of said demodulators, and
a second output terminal for applying said composite signal to the other ones of said demodulators;
a bias potential distributor connected to said source of bias potential and having a first output terminal for applying operating bias potential to said one demodulator and
a second output terminal for applying operating bias potential to said other ones of said demodulators;
a source of control signal, said control signal having a predetermined first amplitude indicative of detection by said receiver of a multiple-channel related pilot signal and having a predetermined different amplitude indicative of failure to detect such pilot signal;
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switch means coupled to said second output terminals of said composite signal distributor and said bias potential distributor and responsive to a control signal of said predetermined first amplitude to maintain a coupling between said second output terminals and said other demodulators to render said other demodulators operative
and responsive to a control signal of said predetermined different amplitude to render said other demodulators quiescent by effectively decoupling said composite signal from said other demodulators while simultaneously controlling the bias potentials applied concurrently to each of said other demodulator differential amplifiers so that the power consumed by said other demodulator differential amplifiers during said quiescent condition remains substantially the same as the power consumed by them during their operative condition.

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