compandor


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms.
Related to compandor: Compander

compandor

[kəm′pand·ər]
(electronics)
A system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio by compressing the volume range of the signal at a transmitter or recorder by means of a compressor and restoring the normal range at the receiving or reproducing apparatus with an expander.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

compandor

(COMpressor/exPANDOR) See companding.
Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Theoretical model: Adaptive scalar compandor (Section II-B) for various N, [mu] = 255 and L = 32 for [Q.sub.LU] in a wide dynamic range.
Multilevel Delta Modulation with Switched First-Order Prediction for Wideband Speech Coding
When the communications system contains active elements, such as amplifiers and voice compandors, background noise measurements require the injection of a holding or test tone at the transmitter end of the test facility.
The test tone activates all of the compandors and amplifiers on the line, simulating actual operating conditions.
Testing the POTS portion of ADSL

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?