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Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion system and echo cancellation device including the same

US5001480A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 1988
Grant dateMar 19, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/238
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A conversion system is disclosed for performing either an analog-to-digital A/D conversion associated with an amplification step or a digital-to-analog D/A conversion associated with an attenuation step. The system includes apparatus (115) for receiving a input digital word to be processed, i.e. converted into analog and then attenuated, and apparatus (165) for receiving a input analog value to be processed, i.e. amplified for scaling purposes and then converted into digital. It also includes a digital-to-analog D/A converter (110), an attenuator (120) for attenuating the analog output of D/A converter (110), and a comparator (150) for comparing the value of the input analog value to be processed and the output of said attenuator (120). The processing of the D/A-attenuation process is performed by both the D/A converter (110) and attenuator (120). In order to achieve the A/D-amplification process, the system further includes generator apparatus (140) for generating a sequence of digital words to the D/A converter (110), and storage apparatus (220) for storing among this sequence, the digital value that minimizes the difference between both input of comparator (150). This digital va…

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