Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Rectangular or pulse waveform width control
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-31
2008-09-16
Cox, Cassandra (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Rectangular or pulse waveform width control
C332S109000, C375S238000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07425853
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for pulse width modulating waveforms to represent asymmetric signal levels using pulses that are symmetric within their respective switching periods. One embodiment comprises a pulse width modulation system including an asymmetric correction unit and a pair of modulators. The asymmetric correction unit receives samples of an input signal and produces two separate output signals for corresponding modulators. For each sample, the asymmetric correction unit determines whether the signal level of the sample is symmetric or asymmetric. If the signal level of the sample is symmetric, the sample is forwarded to each of the modulators. If the signal level is asymmetric, the asymmetric correction unit increases one modified sample to the next higher symmetric signal level and decreases another modified sample to the next lower symmetric signal level and forwards the modified samples to the modulators.
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Andersen Jack B.
Kost Michael A.
D2Audio Corporation
Law Offices of Mark L. Berrier
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