# US 5,350,950 A · Setting circuit of binary threshold value > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,350,950 A - Document ID: US5350950A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/983,736 - Filed: 1992-12-01 - Granted: 1994-09-27 - Earliest claimed: 1991-12-04 - Assignees: Nikon Corporation - Inventors: Naoto Inaba; Shinichi Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5350950A ## CPC - H03K 5/084: {modified by switching, e.g. by a periodic signal or by a signal in synchronism with the transitions of the output signal} - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) ## Abstract A binary threshold value setting circuit comprises: a first detecting section to detect the positive polarity side of an input signal, a second detecting section to detect the negative polarity side of the signal; a first envelope detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the first detecting section, a second envelope detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the second detecting section, a threshold value setting section to generate a signal at a level between the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the first envelope detecting section and the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the second envelope detecting section, and a capacitor connected between the output side of the first detecting section and the output side of the second detecting section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A binary threshold value setting circuit comprising: a first detecting section to detect the positive polarity side of an input signal; a second detecting section to detect the negative polarity side of said signal; a first envelope detecting section connected to said first detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the first detecting section; a second envelope detecting section connected to said second detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the second detecting section; a threshold value setting section connected to said first and second envelope detecting sections to generate a signal at a level between the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the first envelope detecting section and the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the second envelope detecting section; a capacitor connected between an output side of the first detecting section and an output side of the second detecting section; a controllable discharge section, connected between an output side of the first envelope detecting section and an output side of the second envelope detecting section, for allowing the charges charged in the first and second envelope detecting sections to be discharged; and said controllable discharge section including first and second switching devices connected for respectively discharging each of said first and second envelope detecting section. ### Claim 2 A binary threshold value setting circuit comprising: a first detecting section to detect the positive polarity side of an input signal; a second detecting section to detect the negative polarity side of said signal; a first capacitor connected to said first detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the first detecting section; a second capacitor connected to said second detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the second detecting section; a threshold value setting section connected to said first and second capacitors to generate a signal at a level between the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the first capacitor and the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the second capacitor; a third capacitor which is connected between an output side of the first detecting section and an output side of the second detecting section and has a capacitance larger than capacitances of the first and second capacitors; a resistor connected between an output side of the first capacitor and an output side of the second capacitor; and a switching device connected between the output side of the first capacitor and the output side of the second capacitor, said switching device being connected in paralleled with said first and second capacitors. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A circuit according to claim 1, further including: means, connected to said controllable discharge section, for generating a discharge pulse to allow the first and second switching devices to execute the switching operation. ### Claim 4 A binary threshold value setting circuit comprising: a first detecting section to detect the positive polarity side of an input signal; a second detecting section to detect the negative polarity side of said signal; a first envelope detecting section connected to said first detecting section to perforth an envelope detection to the signal detected by the first detecting section; a second envelope detecting section connected to said second detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the second detecting section; a threshold value setting section connected to said first and second envelope detecting sections to generate a signal at a level between the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the first envelope detecting section and the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the second envelope detecting section; a capacitor connected between an output side of the first detecting section and an output side of the second detecting section; a first discharge section, connected to an output side of the first envelope detecting section, for allowing the charges charged in the first envelope detecting section to be discharged; and a second discharge section, connected to an output side of the second envelope detecting section, for allowing the charges charged in the second envelope detecting section to be discharged. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A circuit according to claim 4, wherein said first and second discharge section include respectively a first and second switching devices. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A circuit according to claim 5, further including: first means, connected to the first switching device, for generating a first discharge pulse to allow the first switching device to perform the switching operation; and second means, connected to the second switching device, for generating a second discharge pulse to allow the second switching device to perform the switching operation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) A circuit according to claim 2, further including: means, connected to the switching device, for generating a discharge pulse to allow the switching device to perform the switching operation. ### Claim 8 A binary threshold value setting circuit comprising: a first detecting section to detect the positive polarity side of an input signal; a second detecting section to detect the negative polarity side of said signal; a first capacitor connected to said first detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the first detecting section; a second capacitor connected to said second detecting section to perform an envelope detection to the signal detected by the second detecting section; a threshold value setting section connected to said first and second capacitors to generate a signal at a level between the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the first capacitor and the level of the signal which has been envelope detected by the second capacitor; a third capacitor which is connected between an output side of the first detecting section and an output side of the second detecting section and has a capacitance larger than capacitances of the first and second capacitors; a first resistor connected to an output side of the first capacitor at one end thereof, and grounded at the other end through a first switching device; and a second resistor connected to an output side of the second capacitor at one end thereof, and grounded at the other end through a second switching device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A circuit according to claim 8, further including: first means, connected to the first switching device, for generating a first discharge pulse to allow the first switching device to perform the switching operation; and second means, connected to the second switching device, for generating a second discharge pulse to allow the second switching device to perform the switching operation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) A circuit according to claim 3, wherein said input signal is a reproduction signal derived by reproducing a magnetooptic disc, and wherein said means for generating a discharge pulse generates a discharge pulse after a completion of recording in a sector on a recording surface of said magnetooptic disc and before a commencement of reproducing a following sector. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) A circuit according to claim 7, wherein said input signal is a reproduction signal derived by reproducing a magnetooptic disc, and wherein said means for generating a discharge pulse generates a discharge pulse after a completion of recording in a sector on a recording surface of said magnetooptic disc and before a commencement of reproducing a following sector.