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Digital duplex communication system

CA 1194166 A · Owner: N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Virdee, Nirmal S.

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17, ABSTRACT:, "Digital duplex communication system". A digital duplex communication system includes an echo canceller of the look-up table type. The echo canceller comprises a random access memory (RAM) (41) a digital to analogue converter (DAC) (45) a subtractor, (5), adaption means (47) and an address generator (40). The echo canceller stores echo replicas for combinations of data bits transmitted by the transmitter (1) and subtracts these echo replicas from a received signal on line (9) before application to the receiver (2). The capacity required for the RAM (41) is reduced by storing only one echo replica for each of two complementary sets of data. To achieve this the address …

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  • Granted September 24, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 24, 2002.
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FiledJune 23, 1983
GrantedSeptember 24, 1985
Term endedSeptember 24, 2002
Patent numberCA 1194166 A
Classification (IPC)H04B15/00 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJune 23, 1983Patent grantedSep 24, 1985Term endedSep 24, 2002

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