ACTIVE ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLER WITHOUT TRAINING MODE

An active adaptive noise canceller that inserts delays in the weight update logic of an adaptive filter employed by the canceller to make the filter stable. It has been found that there is a great deal of flexibility regarding the selection of the delay values. This insensitivity permits designing the delays in advance, and not having to adjust them to different situations as they change, thus no longer requiring a training mode. The canceller dramatically reduces the amount of hardward needed to perform active adaptive noise cancelling, and eliminates the need for the training mode, which in some applications, including automobiles, for example, can be as objectionable as the noise sources that are to be suppressed.