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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1979
Richard H Wiggins, Jr, Dallas, TX (US);
George L Brantingham, Lubbock, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system incorporating an integrated circuit device or chip which digitally synthesizes human speech using a linear predictive filter. The linear predictive filter comprises a single filter stage only which contains a single multiplier for selectively multiplying a plurality of coefficients, initiating the multiplication of one coefficient at a time, by using a feedback loop with multiplexing techniques so as to input multiplexed signals to the multiplier--as contrasted to a cascade of filter stages. Thus, the single multiplier of the linear predictive filter is utilized repetitively to provide the calculations required. The system also includes a memory for storage of digital filter coefficients, a controller for selectively accessing the coefficients, and a speaker for generating audible sounds.