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# Electronics Letters

## Filter Results

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• ### Relationship between controllability and closed-loop system-matrix assignment

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):117 - 118
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In the letter, the relationship between the design of closed-loop systems by system-matrix assignment and by eigenvalue assignment is demonstrated. View full abstract»

• ### Current fluctuations caused by frequency variations in Gunn diodes

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):118 - 119
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Measurements have been made of the current modulation of a Gunn diode by external frequency modulation. The current modulation varied between 10Â¿6 and 10Â¿3 A/MHz for various cavity conditions. This is smaller than the current noise observed by Faulkner and Meade. It is concluded that the current noise observed in their experiments was not caused simply by the frequency fluctuation. View full abstract»

• ### Resistive parametric mixing in GaAs oscillators at microwave frequencies

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):120 - 121
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Resistive mixing in GaAs between a suitably biased microwave pump signal and a small signal at the first subharmonic of the pump is shown to result in an effective negative mobility at the signal frequency. The implications are discussed. View full abstract»

• ### Commutative controller: a new technique for the design of multivariable control systems

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):121 - 123
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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If a linear time-invariant multiple-input multiple-output plant is represented by a square transfer-function matrix G(s), a spectral analysis may be carried out to determine a set of system characteristic transfer functions. A multivariable feedback controller may then be synthetised by first designing a set of single-loop controllers for these characteristic systems, and then transforming the res... View full abstract»

• ### Characteristic impedances of coupled strip transmission lines

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):123 - 124
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Even- and odd-mode characteristic impedances are calculated for two strip transmission lines; their variations are shown for the case when the striplines, starting from broad-side with a coupling factor k>1, are removed from each other until they are in a fully decoupled state. View full abstract»

• ### Networks for annulling gain and delay inequalities

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):124 - 125
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Descriptions are given of passive even-echo-pair and odd-echo-pair networks suitable for the separate annulling of chrominance-luminance gain and delay inequalities arising in television links. Both circuits are constructed by modifying a passive lumped-element delay section. View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear analysis of a balanced diode modulator

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):125 - 128
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Equations describing the performance of a balanced diode modulator are solved by an iterative process and the fast Fourier transform is used to obtain the spectrum of the output. The analysis provides an interesting example of the extension, to large-signal applications, of the method of solution recently described for quasilinear systems. View full abstract»

• ### Theory of 1/f noise in bipolar silicon planar transistors

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):128 - 130
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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A theory of 1/f low-frequency noise in silicon planar transistors is developed. It relates this noise to fluctuations in base current produced by fluctuations of occupied traps in the silicon dioxide. It is shown that the theoretical relationship of noise is consistent with experiment. View full abstract»

• ### End effect in parallel-coupled transmission-line filters

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):130 - 131
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The response of two single-section stripline filters constructed without applying Cohn's correction for fringing capacitance effects is examined. It is concluded that the shift of centre frequency is predictable and can be turned to advantage to construct a filter with multisection characteristics. View full abstract»

• ### Stability of model-reference systems with random impulsive inputs

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):131 - 132
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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The stability of the gain-adjusting loop of a simple model-reference adaptive-control system is investigated. The input to system and model is a sequence of impulses of random magnitude. The resulting behaviour is determined by an infinite product, and from this a necessary and sufficient criterion for the stability of the adaptive-loop gain is deduced. View full abstract»

• ### Cellular fixed-point/floating-point convertor

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):132 - 133
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A convertor, built using only a transistor coding matrix and two types of cell (a routing cell, and a left-hand most-significant-bitÂ¿ detecting cell), is described. Number handling is combinatorial and uses neither clock nor pulses. View full abstract»

• ### Feasibility of using digital filters to interconnect p.c.m. and f.d.m. transmission systems

Publication Year: 1970
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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A time-division multiplex (t.d.m.) and a frequency-division multiple (f.d.m.) system may be interconnected by means of gates and lowpass filters. The use of digital filters (d.f.s) for this purpose appears attractive when the t.d.m. system uses pulse-code modulation (p.c.m.), because digital-analogue and analogue-digital conversion are unnecessary at the interface between the d.f. and the p.c.m. s... View full abstract»

• ### Microcircuit learning nets: Hamming-distance behaviour

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):134 - 136
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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A probabilistic method based on the Hamming distance is presented for calculating the pattern-recognition response of a class of single-layer microcircuit learning nets. The prediction of the behaviour of a 12-element machine is shown to agree with measured responses. The method is also used to explain the characteristics of nets trained on translated versions View full abstract»

• ### Elimination of time delay from shaft-position or speed transducer outputs

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):136 - 137
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The output of angle transducers, including those used for synchronous-generator rotor angles, need to be filtered to give a d.c. signal, and a filter limits the transient response. The letter shows that, if the speed is also available as a d.c. signal, for example from the filtered output of some form of tachometer, the filter delay can be eliminated by mixing the angle and speed signals in proper... View full abstract»

• ### Some observations on the writing-speed performance of cathodochromic cathode-ray tubes

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):137 - 138
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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The writing speed of cathodochromic cathode-ray tubes appears to have an optimum performance at high accelerating voltages. It is believed that, at these voltages, the coloration of cathodochromic material produced by an electron beam is enhanced by X rays, the effect being clearly demonstrated as the acceleration voltage is increased from a relatively low value up to, and above, the voltage at wh... View full abstract»

• ### Varactor-tuned Gunn-effect oscillator

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):139 - 140
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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The oscillator comprises a parallel combination of diodes series mounted in the centre conductor of a coaxial-line cavity. Cavity-mode charts illustrate the effect of varactor loss. Results confirm the existence of three of the predicted modes. In one mode, the tuning range is 1.1 GHz at X band. View full abstract»

• ### Observation of low-frequency oscillations in gallium-arsenide avalanche diodes

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):140 - 141
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The operation of gallium-arsenide avalanche-diode oscillators in a low-frequency mode is reported. The onset of oscillation is accompanied by a significant decrease in the direct voltage across the diode which is characteristic of TRAPATT operation. Pulsed output powers of 880 mW with 3.5% efficiency at 1.5 GHz have been obtained. View full abstract»

• ### Electro-optic relaxation effect in ZnS

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):141 - 142
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A relaxation effect in natural crystals of cubic ZnS, seen during d.c. measurement of the electro-optic coefficient at a wavelength of 0.6328 Â¿m, is explained in terms of photo-electrically induced space charge. The effect is not evident at low light levels, or at wavelengths remote from the absorption edge of this semiconductor material. View full abstract»

• ### Method of reducing the f.m. threshold using a tracking N-path filter

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):142 - 143
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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A self-synchronised N-path filter is used to track the instantaneous incoming f.m. carrier. As a result of the narrow bandwidth, a marked reduction of the f.m. threshold, for all f.m. modulation indices, is achieved. The system is described briefly. View full abstract»

• ### Economic linear-phase recursive digital filters

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):143 - 145
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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This letter describes the design by z plane methods of an attractive class of recursive digital filters. The computational economy achieved by recursive operation is further enhanced by the use of integer weighting coefficients, making the filters particularly suitable for online processing of sampled-data signals. View full abstract»

• ### External current-waveform measurements of high-efficiency oscillations in silicon avalanche diodes

Publication Year: 1970, Page(s):145 - 147
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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A coaxial current-monitoring assembly, introducing negligible phase error up to 9 GHz, has enabled the precise determination of high-efficiency current waveforms in Si avalanche diodes. No deterioration of performance occurred for diode areas <10Â¿4cm2. Observed waveforms were of spikeÂ¿ or `sawtoothÂ¿ shape. View full abstract»

• ### Erratum: Propagation characteristics of inhomogeneous dielectric-filled coaxial cables

Publication Year: 1970
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• ### Erratum: Least pth and minimax objectives for automated network design

Publication Year: 1970
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• ### Erratum: Magnetostatic surface modes of a y.i.g. slab

Publication Year: 1970
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