Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for producing pulse width modulated signals from digital information

US4931751A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
2References
32Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1989
Grant dateJun 5, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 2, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/822
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is provided which is responsive to a multiple bit sample of digital information for producing a pulse width modulated signal, the apparatus comprising: a first signal match detector, responsive to a first subset of the multiple bit sample, for producing a first signal that can transition between first and second logical states; a second signal match detector, responsive to a second subset of the multiple bit sample, for producing a second signal that can transition between the first and second logical states; and a voltage summing circuit for producing a first voltage that is substantially proportional to a magnitude of the first signal in one of the first logical state and the second logical state and for producing a second voltage that is substantially proportional to a magnitude of the second signal in one of the first logical state and the second logical state and for producing an output voltage that is substantially proportional to a sum of the first voltage and the second voltage.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.