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Digital quantizer

US4536741A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1983
Grant dateAug 20, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M7/3048
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An input signal sample is converted, i.e., quantized, from a first digital code to a second digital code by combining an array of stored differential quantizer decision levels with the input signal sample to obtain an array of partial sum signal values. The signs of the partial sum signal values are algebraically summed and the result is used to obtain the quantizer interval that the input signal sample falls in.

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