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Hybrid loudspeaker system, at option with one or more correction circuits

CA 1209926 A · Owner: N.V.Philips'Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Van Nieuwland, Jacob M.; Nieuwendijk, Joris A.M.; Van Gijsel, Wilhelmus D.A.M.

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Hybrid loudspeaker system, at option with one or more correction circuits. In a loudspeaker system for converting an n-bit digitized electric signal (6) into an acoustic signal a plurality of sections (voice coils 14.1 14.2 14.3, 14.p) of a digital loudspeaker (1) are driven directly by the p most significant bits of the n-bit digitized electric signal (6). The loudspeaker (1) comprises at least one additional section (14.p+1). This (p+1)th voice coil receives a signal from a digital-to-analog converter (5) the input signal of the digilal-to-analog converter comprising at least the n-p least significant bits (Fig. 2). In a different embodiment the digital-to-analog converter (5) receives …

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  • Granted August 19, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 19, 2003.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1984
GrantedAugust 19, 1986
Term endedAugust 19, 2003
Patent numberCA 1209926 A
Classification (IPC)H04R23/00 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedSep 12, 1984Patent grantedAug 19, 1986Term endedAug 19, 2003

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