Abstract: A system for handling pulse encoded signals includes several parallel signal paths to carry pulses on which a signal has been encoded. The encoding is based on a predetermined amplitude value, or weight, for each pulse, and each signal path receives all pulses having the same weighting factor. A switching system is provided to switch the signals received on the various paths to different paths in a determinable order at a repetition rate commensurate with the pulse encoding repetition rate. The signals are then transmitted along the signal paths and are then switched back to the original order for pulse decoding. If pulse bits are lost in the second path, an interpolation may be made to provide a reasonable restoration of the signal to minimize the dropout effect.

Abstract: A signal rectifying circuit which is capable of providing rectification either with a balanced or unbalanced input and wherein the output comprises an undelayed signal. A pair of transistors of opposite type are coupled to the input circuit such that they alternately conduct with the positive and negative half cycles of the input signal and wherein a third transistor is coupled to the pair of input transistors such that it conducts during both the positive and negative portions of the input wave so as to provide a rectified output signal. A second embodiment provides a pair of diodes interconnected with the rectifying circuit so as to remove the time delay normally resulting due to the voltage required to bias a transistor to conduction.

Abstract: Level indicating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting indicators each indicating a different level of analog signal encoded in pulse form, and two indicators responsive to the most significant bit of the pusle signal to indicate polarity and further responsive, by means of a logic circuit, to pulse coded signals indicating the maximum acceptable analog signal amplitude. Pulse lengthening circuits are provided to keep the indicators turned on for a predetermined time after the signal that actuates them has been removed.