Abstract: A radar system includes a radar transceiver for generating transmit signals and for receiving signals reflected by targets. The radar system includes a mixer for combining the transmit signals and the reflected signals into a mixer signal. A radar signal processor includes a sampling device, connected to the mixer, for sampling the mixer signal and for generating a sampled mixer signal. A spectrum estimation device, connected to the sampling device, generates a range profile signal including a plurality of range bins each containing a magnitude of a spectral component. A threshold device, connected to the spectrum estimation device, generates a target space array from the range profile signal. A target decision device, connected to the threshold device, generates estimated range and speed signals for a closest target from the target space array.

Abstract: This invention discloses a hearing aid including one or more amplification channels in which each amplification channel includes a bandpass filter establishing the frequency range of that particular channel. Each amplification channel further includes a variable gain amplifier, a short-term energy averaging circuit, a long-term energy averaging circuit and a difference amplifier. An acoustical signal sensed by a microphone associated with the hearing aid is applied to the bandpass filter which then applies a signal within the particular frequency range of that filter to the variable gain amplifier and the short-term energy averaging circuit. An output from the variable gain amplifier is applied to the long-term energy averaging circuit and an earphone for enabling a hearing aid user to perceive the sounds sensed by the microphone.

Abstract: An equalization method is provided for compensating for variations in the characteristics of individual analog-to-digital converters found in a time interleaved analog-to-digital converter circuit. One of a plurality of converters is chosen as a reference converter. Individual characteristics of the remaining converters are compared with the reference converter to provide differential responses therewith. The differential responses are equalized to provide compensation for variations in gain, offset, phase/frequency response, and timing found amongst the plurality of time interleaved converters.