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Sample rate converter with rational numerator or denominator

US6650258B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2002
Grant dateNov 18, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H17/0671
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sample rate conversion system developed to implement a rate change of M/N using a very efficient design implementation. The sample rate conversion system of the present invention is implemented as a CIC-based interpolating sample rate converter with noise-shaped control of the N value. For a decimator, noise-shaped control of the M value is utilized. In the interpolator, the N value is the correct value on average, but demonstrates instantaneous errors (“non-uniform” resampling) that are corrected through noise-shaping. The CIC SRC implementation capitalizes on the fact that the outputs of the CIC that are discarded during downsampling need not be calculated by the CIC in the first instance. The combination of the computational simplicity of CIC SRC with noise-shaped, non-uniform resampling performs the sample rate conversion very economically and facilitates conversion between a plethora of sample rates at the input and output without requiring the various filters to be explicitly formulated. A method for sample rate conversion is also described.

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