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US Patent 4270027 - Telephone subscriber line unit with sigma-delta digital to analog converter

US Patent Issued on May 26, 1981
Estimated Patent Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 28, 1999Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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Abstract

A digital to analog converter is employed in the digital line circuit of a telephone system and operates to convert a digital signal indicative of an analog speech signal back into a replica of the analog signal. The converter operates with an interpolated input digital signal to detect by means of a sign bit, the characteristic of an input digital word as being indicative of a positive or negative level. An error correcting signal is provided by the converter which is added to the next digital word to provide a compensated word having a sign bit determined by the remainder and the sign bit of the previous digital word. This word is then processed in sequence to produce an output pulse stream from the sign detector indicative of successive positive or negative values as defined by the input digital words, each of which are modified according to the error correcting signal.

Other References

  • P Van Gerwen, et al., "A New Type of Digital Filter etc.", IEEE Trans. on Comm., Feb. 1975, pp. 222-234
  • M. Tubiana, "Digital Filter Having Integral Coefficients", IBM Tech. Discl. Bull., Mar. 1976, pp. 3322-3324

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Application

No. 06/098103 filed on 11/28/1979

US Classes:

379/339, With signal conversion (e.g., dial to DTMF, analog to PCM)375/247, Single bit (delta)379/377, Using line or loop condition detection (e.g., line circuit)379/399.02, Circuitry to provide a coder and decoder function704/212, Pulse code modulation (PCM)704/216, Correlation function704/225Gain control

Examiners

Primary: Atkinson, Charles E.
Assistant: Kemeny, E. S.

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US Patent References

3542956, 3924077, 3973081, Feedback residue compression for digital speech systems
Issued on: 08/03/1976
Inventor: Hutchins
4020332, Interpolation-decimation circuit for increasing or decreasing digital sampling frequency
Issued on: 04/26/1977
Inventor: Crochiere ,   et al.
4100373, Adaptive linearizing acoustic coupling system
Issued on: 07/11/1978
Inventor: Perkins
4109110, Digital-to-analog converter
Issued on: 08/22/1978
Inventor: Gingell
4124773, Audio storage and distribution system
Issued on: 11/07/1978
Inventor: Elkins
4150260Subscriber's circuit for four-wire-system local switch
Issued on: 04/17/1979
Inventor: Kamata

International Classes

H04B 14/06 (20060101)
H03M 7/32 (20060101)
H04B 14/02 (20060101)
H04Q 11/04 (20060101)

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