Abstract:
A non-linear pulse code modulator wherein input signals are coded into digital representations of amplitude range segments and amplitude in excess of the minimum amplitude within the respective range segment uses a first analog-to-digital converter having a sawtooth-shaped control characteristic to determine the amplitude range segment from an input signal sample. The output of the first analog-to-digital converter is used to effectively divide the signal sample by a factor 2.sup.n, where n corresponds to the determined range. The result of the division is then converted in a second analog-to-digital conversion to a digital signal that is combined with the digital range segment signal for transmission thereof.
Abstract:
A digital analog converter which is especially suitable for use in converting a digital audio signal into an analog audio signal includes a unit pulse response signal generator for successively generating unit pulse response signals at a predetermined time interval, a digital data generator for generating digital data at the predetermined time interval, a multiplier for multiplying a unit pulse response signal generated at a certain time by a predetermined item of the digital data, and a mixer for producing an analog signal output by combining the unit pulse response signals that have been multiplied by the digital data.
Abstract:
A plurality of metal resistance elements and a metal resistance element for compensation use are formed on a common substrate and placed under the same temperature condition. A reference current is applied to the metal resistance element for compensation use to yield an auxiliary reference voltage. A plurality of switches are individually connected in series to the reference metal resistance elements and the auxiliary reference voltage is provided to the series circuits to selectively control the switches, thereby obtaining various currents.
Abstract:
A multi-stage resistive ladder network which uses extra stages to trim out resistance discrepencies. All of the stages are interconnected in a series. Nominally, current is divided in half within each stage. Half of the current is gated onto a bus in response to logic control signals, and the other half of the current is passed onto the next succeeding stage. Due to various processing limitations, the resistors comprising each stage vary slightly from their nominal value, which in turn upsets the current division. To compensate for this additional current dividing stages are serially connected to the last stage of the ladder. Current from these additional stages are selectively coupled onto the bus in response to the logic signals in addition to the current which is normally coupled thereto.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a digital coder subject to a compression law having multiple linear segments with slopes decreasing in geometrical progression having a ratio of 1/2, in which a chain of threshold detectors in a linear progression is used a first time to determine the number of the segment, then a second time to determine the position of the level on the segment.
Abstract:
An analog to digital converter with a variable sampling period according to a noise level, and an audio recorder and a pacemaker using the same are provided to maintain an SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) uniformly and to minimize power consumption by reducing the sampling period in the environment with low noise and increasing the sampling period in the environment with high noise. An analog to digital converter with a variable sampling period according to a noise level includes an analog to digital converting unit(110), a noise detecting unit(120), and a clock selecting unit(130). The analog to digital converting unit converts an analog input signal to a digital signal. The noise detecting unit detects the noise ingredients of the digital signal. The clock selecting unit selects one among a plurality of different clock signals according to the noise ingredients and applies the selected clock to the clock input of the analog to digital converting unit.
Abstract:
본 발명은, 아날로그 신호를 이진 데이터로 변환하는 아날로그/디지털 변환기로서, 제공되는 아날로그 신호에서 특정 주기로 추출하여 디지털 이산 신호를 출력하는 신호 추출부와, 상기 신호 추출부로부터 출력되는 디지털 이산 신호를 n차 지연시켜 출력하는 n차 지연부와, 상기 신호 추출부로부터 출력되는 디지털 이산 신호를 n-1 번 순차적으로 지연시켜 지연되지 않은 값과 각 지연된 값에 대한 평균값을 구하여 출력하는 n차 이동 평균 필터와, 상기 n차 지연부의 출력과 상기 n차 이동 평균 필터의 출력을 비교하여 상기 디지털 이산 신호에 대응하는 이진 데이터를 출력하는 비교부를 구비한다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A digital to analog converter for a continuous time sigma delta modulator is provided to improve performance of the converter by controlling a duty ratio of a clock signal. CONSTITUTION: An adding unit(110) adds up a continuous time analog input signal and an analog signal outputted from a digital to analog converter(140). A loop filter(120) includes at least one integrator to perform an integral operation. The integrator is comprised of an operational amplifier and a capacitor. A quantizer(130) performs the quantization operation based on the signal outputted from the loop filter and outputs the digital signal. The digital signal is comprised of one bit or plural bits. The digital to analog converter outputs the analog signal based on the digital signal outputted from the quantizer.