Digital Flutter Reduction System.

Abstract

The patent application describes a digital flutter reduction system which corrects for a varying time base error in FM recordings on magnetic tape. Pulse transitions from the outputs of a reference oscillator and a reference tone on a first tape track are compared by a flip-flop whose output is a pulse having a width corresponding to the time base error. The output pulse enables a first counter to provide a digital output which is loaded into a second counter. Pulse transitions from a second tape track containing recorded data advance the second counter over a number of counts indicative of a correction factor. The pulse transitions of the recorded data are delayed in accordance with the correction factor thereby reducing the time base error.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1975
Accession Number
ADD001737

Entities

People

  • Bernard Harris
  • David J Hoffman
  • Richard E. Defrancisco

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Magnetic Tape
  • Oscillators
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Tapes
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.