compandor


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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.

compandor

(COMpressor/exPANDOR) See companding.
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Theoretical model: Non-adaptive scalar compandor (Section II-A) for various N and [mu] = 255 in a wide dynamic range.
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