Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Differential encoder and/or decoder
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-11
2011-12-06
Jeanglaude, Jean B (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Differential encoder and/or decoder
C341S155000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08072363
ABSTRACT:
Various embodiments of this disclosure may describe a bandpass sigma-delta modulator (BP ΣΔM) comprising an electromechanical filter, a quantizer coupled to the electromechanical filter, and a feedback circuit coupled between the quantizer and the electromechanical filter. Other embodiments be also be disclosed or claimed.
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Xu Yong Ping
Yu Rui
Jeanglaude Jean B
National University of Singapore
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt P.C.
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