Abstract: In a speech recognition system, logarithmic amplifiers avoid low level signal or noise problems by clamping all signals below an input threshold to a constant output level.

Abstract: A thin film magnetic head comprises an upper magnetic film and a lower magnetic film which cooperate to constitute a magnetic circuit including a magnetic gap, and a coil conductor film constituting a coil having a predetermined number of turns and extending between the upper and the lower magnetic films to intersect the magnetic circuit. The upper magnetic film is composed of a laminate constituted by magnetic thin film layers and non-magnetic thin film layers stacked alternately with each other. An electrically insulating layer formed of a photo-sensitive resin is interposed between the upper magnetic film and the coil conductor film.

Abstract: A detector for the moving velocity of a magnetic head of a magnetic disc memory device by electrically processing a position signal of the magnetic head, which includes a circuit for differentiating the position signal, means for rectifying the differentiating circuit, a circuit for sampling-hold of the rectified signal, a phase-shifter for delaying the position signal and means for generating a timing pulse signal to determine the timing for sampling, with the phase delaying characteristic of the transfer function of the differentiating circuit and the phase-shifting circuit being substantially coincided.