Patent ReferencesMaximum negative number detector Variable rate vocoder Encoding system comprising a subband coder for subband coding of a wideband digital signal constituted by first and second signal components Patent #: 5491773 Inventors
ApplicationNo. 575303 filed on 12/20/1995US Classes:704/224NormalizingExaminersPrimary: MacDonald, Allen R.Assistant: Dorvil, Richemond Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG10L 003/00AbstractA method and apparatus for implementing a vocoder in a application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is provided. The apparatus contains a DSP core that performs computations in accordance with a reduced instruction set (RISC) architecture. The circuit further includes a specifically designed slave processor to the DSP core referred to as the minimization processor. The apparatus further comprises a specifically designed block normalization circuitry.Other References
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