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US 5,159,708 AGranted
Multipath detector for an FM tuner
AssigneePioneer Electronic Corporation
InventorsTetsuo Nakamura, Masahide Terada
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Abstract
A multipath detector circuit is in a form of a differential amplifier and has a first level dependent on strength of a received signal and a second level set to a lower level than the first level. The circuit produces a multipath level signal when the first level reduces below a threshold represented by a difference between the first level and the second level increases with an increase of the first level. The multipath detector circuit is arranged so that the threshold increases with an increase of the first level.
Claims3
A multipath detector for an FM tuner comprising:
- detector means for detecting strength of a received signal and for producing first level dependent on the strength;
- a multipath detector circuit having a second level set to a lower level than said first level and producing a multipath level signal when said first level is reduced below a threshold represented by a difference between said first and second levels,
- said multipath detector circuit being so arranged that said threshold increases with an increase of said first level.
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