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Method of improving the distortion behavior of analog-to-digital converters

US5675335A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1995
Grant dateOct 7, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of improving a distortion ratio of an analog-to-digital converter, an analog signal to be digitized is additively superposed with a band-limited noise signal. The thusly produced sum signal is supplied to the analog-to-digital converter for sampling and quantization.

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