EP0546619B1 - Schaltung zur Mischung und Verdoppelung von niedrigen Tonfrequenzen - Google Patents
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- EP0546619B1 EP0546619B1 EP19920203748 EP92203748A EP0546619B1 EP 0546619 B1 EP0546619 B1 EP 0546619B1 EP 19920203748 EP19920203748 EP 19920203748 EP 92203748 A EP92203748 A EP 92203748A EP 0546619 B1 EP0546619 B1 EP 0546619B1
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- the subject invention relates to a circuit for augmenting the bass reproduction of speaker systems according to the pre-amble of claim 1.
- High fidelity reproduction of audio signals ideally requires sound transducers capable of reliably reproducing sounds throughout the listening range of human beings. This has been determined to be 20-20,000 Hz. However, realistically, most high fidelity speaker systems are capable of reproducing sounds in the frequency range of 40-20,000 Hz. These high fidelity speaker systems include small transducers (tweeters) for reproducing the high end of the frequency range, and relatively large transducers (woofers) for reproducing the low end of the frequency range. Naturally, these speaker systems are large in size and take up a substantial amount of space in the listening area.
- An object of the present invention is to augment the apparent bass reproduction of small-sized speaker systems without introducing distortion in the sound emanating therefrom.
- an electronically augmented stethoscope which includes a circuit for raising the audibility of inaudible sound by multiplying or doubling their frequencies.
- the Philips et al. circuit processes signals below 20 Hz., i.e. below the threshold of human hearing, and raise them to an audible level.
- the Philips et al. patent does not address the problem of inadequate speakers which are incapable of reproducing low frequency audio signals, albeit that these signals are already audible to human beings.
- a left channel of a stereo signal applied to input 10 passes through a low-pass filter 12 to one input of a full-wave rectifier 14.
- a right channel of the stereo signal applied to input 16 passes through a phase inverting low-pass filter 18 and is applied to another input of full-wave rectifier 14.
- the low-pass filters 12 and 18 are arranged to pass signals below the frequency of 100 Hz. while attenuating signals above this frequency at 6 dB/octave.
- the full-wave rectifier 14 combines the signals from the low-pass filters 12 and 18 and effectively doubles the frequency of the combined signals.
- the output from the full-wave rectifier 14 is applied to a narrow-band filter 22 having a pass-band of, for example, 100-200 Hz.
- the output from the narrow band filter 22 is applied through a resistor 24 to a left channel output 26, to which the left channel input 10 is connected by a resistor 28.
- the output from the narrow-band filter 22 is also applied through a resistor 30 to a right channel output 32, to which the right channel input 16 is connected by a resistor 34.
- the low frequency signal components in the left and right channels are separated from the main signals, combined and frequency doubled.
- the resultant signal is then frequency limited to a pass-band of, for example, 100-200 Hz. and is then recombined with the original left and right channel signals.
- FIG. 2 A practical embodiment of the circuit of the subject invention is shown in Fig. 2.
- the left input 10 is shown connected to ground via a resistor R1 and, through the series arrangement of a capacitor C1 and a resistor R2, to the left output 26, which is connected to ground by a resistor R3.
- the right input 16 is shown connected to ground via a resistor R4 and, via the series arrangement of a capacitor C2 and a resistor R5, to the right output 32, which is also connected to ground by a resistor R6.
- the left input is further connected, via the series arrangement of a capacitor C3 and a resistor R7, to the inverting input of amplifier A1, to which the right input 16 is also connected via the series arrangement of a capacitor C4 and a resistor R8.
- the inverting input of amplifier A1 is connected to the output thereof by the parallel arrangement of a resistor R9 and a capacitor CS, which is, in turn, connected to the inverting input of amplifier A2 by a resistor R10, this inverting input of amplifier A2 being connected to the output thereof by a resistor R11.
- An 18 vdc supply is connected to ground via the series arrangement of a resistor R12 and the parallel arrangement of a capacitor C6 and a resistor R13, the junction J1 between the resistor R13 and the parallel arrangement being coupled to the non-inverting inputs of amplifiers A1 and A2.
- the output of amplifier A1 is connected to the series arrangement of a capacitor C7 and a diode D1, the junction therebetween being connected to ground via a resistor R14 and to a B+ voltage source (which may be the 18 vdc supply noted above) via a resistor R15.
- the output of amplifier A2 is connected to the series arrangement of a capacitor C8 and a diode D2, the junction therebetween being connected to ground via a resistor R16, and to the B+ voltage source via a resistor R17.
- the purpose of resistors R15 and R17 is to bias the diodes D1 and D2, respectively, into conduction so that a wider range of signal levels will be doubled by the full-wave rectifier, thus making the circuit more effective.
- the diodes D1 and D2 are then interconnected and connected via the fixed resistance of a potentiometer P1 and resistor R18 to ground.
- the slider of potentiometer P1 is connected to a resistor R19 and then, on the one hand, through a resistor R20 to the non-inverting input of amplifier A3, and, on the other hand, through a capacitor C9, to the output of amplifier A3.
- the potentiometer P1 is used to allow adjustment of the amount of doubled frequency signal level that one desires to be mixed in with the straight through signals depending on the size of the speakers used in a given application, since larger speakers, in general, require a lesser amount of doubled signal. It should be noted that these doubled signals may become obtrusive if present in too great an amount.
- the non-inverting input of amplifier A3 is also connected to ground via a capacitor C10 and via a resistor R21 to the junction J1.
- the inverting input of amplifier A3 is connected to the junction J1 via a resistor R22 and to the output of amplifier A3 via a resistor R23.
- the output of amplifier A3 is connected to ground via the series arrangement of a capacitor C11, a resistor R24 and a further capacitor C12, the junction between the resistor R24 and the capacitor C12 being connected to the left and right outputs 26 and 32 via respective resistors R25 and R26.
- the components R7, R8, R9, C5 and A1 form the low-pass filters 12 and 18, the components R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, D1, D2 and P1 form the full-wave rectifier 14, and the components R19, R20, R22, R23, C9, C10 and A3 form the narrow-band filter 22.
- the values of the components are as follows: R1, R4 1OOK ohms R2, R3, R5, R6, R10, R11 lOK ohms R7, R8 15K ohms R9 180K ohms R12, R13 1K ohms R14, R16, R18 3.3K ohms R15, R17 39K ohms Rl9, R20 lSOK ohms R21 2Meg. ohms R22 27K ohms R23, R24, R25, R26 47K ohms C1, C2 0.1 uf C3, C4 0.3 uf C5 O .
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Claims (11)
- Schaltungsanordnung zur Verbesserung der Tiefenwiedergabe von Lautsprechersystemen mit Eingangsmitteln (10, 16) zum Empfangen eines Tonsignals mit einem im Wesentlichen großen Frequenzbereich und mit Frequenzvergrößerungsmitteln (14) zum Vergrößem der Frquenz des genannten Eingangs-Tonsignals, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin Trennmittel (12, 18) aufweist zum Trennen von Signalanteilen in einem Tieffrequenzband des genannten Eingangs-Tonsignals (10, 16) von dem großen Frequenzbereich, mit Mischmitteln (24, 28, 30, 34) zum Mischen des genannten frequenzvergrößerten Tonsignals mit dem genannten Eingangs-Tonsignal (10, 16), wobei diese Schaltungsanordnung weiterhin dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß die genannten Frequenzvergrößerungsmittel (14) Frequenzverdoppelungsmittel (14) aufweisen und die genannten Trennmittel (12, 18) mit den genannten Frequenzverdoppelungsmitteln (14) gekoppelt sind.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die genannten Trennmittel (12, 18) ein Tiefpaßfilter aufweisen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die genannten Frequenzverdoppelungsnmittel (14) einen Zweiweggleichrichter aufweisen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das genannte Tonsignal ein Stereo-Signal ist mit einem getrennten linken (10) und rechten (16) Kanal, wobei die genannten Trennmittel (12, 18) unabhängig voneinander die genannten Signalanteile in dem genannten Niederfrequenzband in dem linken sowie in dem rechten Kanal trennen, wobei die genannten Verdoppelungsmittel (14) die genannten getrennten linken und recjhten NF-Anteile kombinieren und danach die Frequenzen der kombinierten NF-Signalanteile verdoppeln und die genannten Mischmittel (24, 28, 30, 34) einzeln die genannten frequenzverdoppelten Signalanteile mit den genannten linken und rechten Kanälen des genannten Stereo-Signals vermischen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 4, wobei die genannten Trennmittel (12, 18) ein Tiefpaßfilterpaar enthalten.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 5, wobei eines der genannten Tiefpaßfilter (18) eine Phaseninversion an dem ihm zugeführten Signal durchführt.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 6, wobei die Tiefpaßfilter (12, 18) Signale mit Frequenzen unterhalb 100 Hz weiterleiten.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 6, wobei die genannten Tiefpaßfilter (12, 18) eine Dämpfungsrate von 6 dB/Oktave ayfweisen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 4, wobei die genannten Frequenzverdoppelungsmittel (14) einen Zweiweggleichrichter aufweisen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 4, wobei die gennannte Schaltungsanordnung weiterhin ein Schmalbandfilter (22) aufweist, das mit dem Ausgang der genannten Frequenzverdoppelungsmittel (14) gekoppelt ist zum Entfernen restlicher HF- und NF-Anteile aus den genannten frequenzverdoppelten Signalanteilen.
- Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 10, wobei das genannte Schmalbandfilter (22) ein Durchlaßband von 100 - 200 Hz hat.
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