Adaptive quantizer
US7751638B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/3046
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A quantizer can be used to adjust the number of bits representing each sample value in a signal. Then, each received sample is allocated to one of a number of bins, with each bin corresponding to one of the possible quantizer output values. The quantizer can be used for providing a digital signal with a required number of bits, and the quantization interval can be adjusted. The quantization is performed in multiple stages. In a first stage, a received signal is compared with a first threshold value. In subsequent stages, the received signal is compared with respective threshold values, with the threshold value for each stage being calculated on the basis of the comparison result of the previous stage, and on the basis of an adjustable quantization interval. The quantized value is formed from the one-bit results from the comparison operations.
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