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Method and apparatus sample rate conversions in an analog to digital converter

US6584162B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 2000
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/0029
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for sample rate conversion in an analog to digital converter. Such a method and apparatus include processing that begins by receiving an input digital stream at a first clock rate from an oversampling quantizer (e.g., a sigma delta modulator). The processing continues by integrating the input digital stream over multiple clock cycles at the first clock rate to produce an integrated digital signal. The processing continues by determining when an interpolated digital value of the integrated digital signal is to be passed to a differentiation stage based on a difference between a sample rate conversion value and a reference value. The processing continues by, when the difference is within a targeted range (e.g., between 0 and −1 or 1 and 0), generating the interpolated digital value based on at least a portion of the difference and an interpolation of integration samples of the integrated digital signal occurring at cycles of the first clock rate that are temporal to when the interpolated digital value is to be passed. The processing further continues by passing the interpolated digital value to the differentiation stage at a converted sample rate.

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