<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Don’t you mean <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4514704A/en?inventor=Douglas+R.+Curtis" class="">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4514704A/en?inventor=Douglas+R.+Curtis</a> ?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I only say that because this is a filter and the one you posted is a “linear/logarithmic analog multiplier”</div><div class="">Anyway, cool stuff.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 2, 2023, at 1:07 PM, René Schmitz <<a href="mailto:synth@schmitzbits.de" class="">synth@schmitzbits.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">

  
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02.11.2023 11:15, Andrew Simper via
      Synth-diy wrote:<br class="">
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      <div dir="ltr" class="">I've already done detailed modelling on the SSM2040
        and posted a video to youtube on this model being matched to the
        LA67 Maca filter that uses the SSI2140.
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        <div class="">Can you please post links to the internals of the CEM3320?</div>
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    </blockquote><p class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4004141A/en">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4004141A/en</a></p><p class="">Its different from the 2040 in so far that it has logarithmic
      shaping before an OTA. ("linearising diodes")<br class="">
    </p><p class="">The OTA core is very similar to the arrangement in the 2040. But
      the control and audio inputs are realized differently. <br class="">
    </p><p class="">I've been pondering about this: How can this be patentable, if
      this is so similar in its working principle, and all the parts had
      been used elsewhere.<br class="">
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    </p><p class="">Best,</p><p class=""> René<br class="">
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        <div class="">Cheers,</div>
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        <div class="">Andy</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 at 16:44,
          Neil Johnson <<a href="mailto:neil.johnson71@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">neil.johnson71@gmail.com</a>>
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          Andrew Simper wrote:<br class="">
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          > And a few patents referenced in the articles:<br class="">
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          > Embley:<br class="">
          > <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US3532868A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US3532868A/en</a><br class="">
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          > Buff:<br class="">
          > <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4341962A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4341962A/en</a><br class="">
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          > Blackmer:<br class="">
          > <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US3714462A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US3714462A/en</a><br class="">
          > <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4403199A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4403199A/en</a><br class="">
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          If you're hunting for patents to understand the SSM2040 then
          you could<br class="">
          start with the original patent:<br class="">
          <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US3969682A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US3969682A/en</a><br class="">
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          For fans of the SSM2044:<br class="">
          <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4404529A/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4404529A/en</a><br class="">
          <br class="">
          Neil<br class="">
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