Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Increasing converter resolution
Patent
1992-01-31
1993-09-14
Logan, Sharon D.
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Increasing converter resolution
341155, H03M 120
Patent
active
052453413
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a video analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and to a method of digitizing a video analog signal. The video ADC (2) comprises a clock for providing a clock signal (HZ) which clocks a horizontal line rate, dither generating means (10) for generating a dither pattern synchronized with the horizontal clock signal. A preferred dither pattern comprises a staircase sequence of voltage steps, the voltage level of each step being constant for at least one horizontal line. The video ADC further comprises combining means for combining the dither pattern with the analog video signal, digitizing means (4, 6) for converting the combined dither pattern and video signal to a sequence of digital values and correcting means (12) coupled to the digitizing means and the dither generating means for subtracting the dither pattern from the digitized sequence of values so as to generate a sequence of digital values which represent said analog video signal. By superimposing a dither pattern to the analog video signal at the horizontal line rate, the operating point of the ADC can be altered. As a result, step errors of the ADC do not occur at the same horizontal position on a line and are therefore less visible.
In a preferred arrangement, the dither pattern is superimposed on a plurality of reference voltage levels generated by bias means (8) and which are applied to the digitizing means so that the dither pattern and the analog video signal are combined in the digitizing means.
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Bingham Michael D.
Logan Sharon D.
Motorola Inc.
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