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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

May. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Dialog Semiconductor B.v., s-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Inventors:

Ashley Hughes, Edinburgh, GB;

Wessel Harm Lubberhuizen, Delden, NL;

Assignee:

Dialog Semiconductor B.V., 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/436 (2013.01); H03M 1/0854 (2013.01); H03M 3/494 (2013.01);
Abstract

A signal processor and a method for processing an input signal are presented. The signal processor is adapted to clip an oversampled input signal without introducing noise in the frequency band of interest. For instance, the signal processor may be used for clipping an acoustic signal. The signal processor includes a summer coupled to a limiter and to a feedback circuit. The summer is adapted to sum the input signal with at least one feedback signal to provide an adjusted signal. The limiter is adapted to compare the adjusted signal with a first threshold value and a second threshold value to provide a limited signal. The feedback circuit is adapted to calculate a difference between the limited signal and the adjusted signal, and to generate at least one feedback signal based on the difference.


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