Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – With amplifier
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-08
2007-05-08
Mis, David (Department: 2817)
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
With amplifier
Reexamination Certificate
active
11207110
ABSTRACT:
A digital pulse-width-modulation (PWM) generator comprising: an n bit digital magnitude comparator having first and second n bit inputs and an output indicative of the relative values of the signals applied at the first and second inputs; a first n bit digital up/down counter having a count direction input coupled to receive a sign bit of a digital unary input signal, an n bit parallel binary count output connected to the first n bit input of the magnitude comparator, and a clock input; a second n bit counter having a clock input coupled to receive a constant rate clock signal and an n bit parallel binary count output connected to the second n bit input of the magnitude comparator; an AND gate having a first input coupled to receive the constant rate clock signal in frequency divided form and a second input coupled to receive a magnitude portion of the digital unary input signal, and further having an output connected to the clock input of the first counter; and wherein the comparator continually generates an output signal indicative of the relative magnitudes of the counts of the first and second counters, whereby said output signal is a PWM output signal with an average value representing a ramp voltage having a slope determined by magnitude portion of the digital unary input signal with a direction of a slope of the output signal being determined by the polarity of the sign bit.
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Mis David
Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP
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