A digitally implemented demodulator. A frequency-modulated signal is applied to a limiting amplifier such that the signal amplitude is fixed at a constant level. The signal is undersampled and quadrature demodulated. The demodulator generates the cross-product of the baseband complex envelope to recover the original modulating signal. A digital Frequency Shift Keyed signal can be further recovered by applying the recovered signal to a data slicer to square-up the signal, and a matched filter for...

A circuit for electronic damping of stepper motors capable of generating a pulse train for a wide range of steps such that the pulse train is contained within a period or periods of the resonant frequency of the rotor of the stepper motor to pre-condition for the delayed last step and the last pulse is delayed by a half-period of the resonant frequency. A frequency synthesizer generates a clock signal having a frequency which is an integer multiple of the natural frequency of the rotor of the st...

An inverter for direct current power generation is shown in which both voltage regulation and logical control of the output are achieved by digitally controlling the application of clock signals to the inverter circuit. A standard clock source is used to drive the inverter and digital circuitry, timed from the same clock source, is used to control the gating of clock pulses to the inverter. Entire clock pulses including both positive going and negative going transitions are blocked so as to pres...

An apparatus for scrambling a television signal in which horizontal lines of the transmitted television picture are selectively inverted in accordance with the state of a pseudorandom noise generator. In order to permit correction of the throughput gain as well as the throughput offset at the receiving end of the communication link so as to obtain a desired level of picture quality, particularly in a satellite communication system, an analog calibration signal representing both black and white l...

A programmable capacitor array does not require separate switching transistors because the capacitors themselves have a switchable capacitance, which capacitors are made in the manner of regular N channel transistors with their source/drains connected to each other. When a logic low is applied to the gate, the capacitance is relatively low and the capacitance is what is commonly called parasitic capacitance. The capacitance increases significantly when a logic high is applied to the gate because...

An integrated circuit for selectively providing delay to a waveform carried on a signal line. With the present invention, a waveform is carried by a signal line to which a digitally-controlled capacitive load is coupled. A digital enable line is directly coupled to the capacitive load which either activates or deactivates the capacitive load. When the enable line is in the active state, the capacitive load is activated and the load therefore has maximum capacitance. Accordingly, the delay of the...

An electronic game in which each player controls his own moving image on a visual display to change the direction of movement of the image as it advanced on the display. As each player's image moves, changing direction on command, it forms a visual "barrier" trail on the display of the path traversed. This barrier trail cannot be crossed by the moving image of another player or a "crash" occurs. A crash of a player's moving image with a barrier trail, generated by movement of his own image or by...

Object management is facilitated by signing objects with credentials and through noting and/or using an association between the signed objects and the signing credentials. In an exemplary method implementation, actions include: signing an object with a credential to produce a signed object and noting an association between an object identifier that represents the signed object and the credential. In another exemplary method implementation, actions include: receiving a revocation request for a si...

A digitally controllable amplifier unit and musical instrument amplifier incorporating such a unit. Digital control of the transfer function of a high-gain virtual-earth amplifier is effected by switching input and feedback impedances by means of transistor switches. Digital storage means are used to control the transistor switches.

A brushless motor actuated by a predetermined frequency and driven at constant speed with less wow and flutter component in accordance with a pulse signal of the frequency applied. The motor has a rotor enclosed in a stator, the latter having driving windings. The rotor includes a rotor shaft and a flywheel connected to the shaft. The flywheel is housed in a motor case.