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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1980
Alva E Henderson, Lubbock, TX (US);
Gene A Frantz, Lubbock, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Integrated circuit speech synthesis system utilizing complementary metal-insulator-semiconductor technology to achieve low voltage operation, wherein a pluse width modulated digital-to-analog converter is employed to provide for accurate conversion of digital signals into analog signals even though the low voltage operation prohibits the large voltage swings normally required for digital-to-analog converter circuitry. The speech synthesis system includes a linear predictive filter as a speech synthesizer which utilizes coded reflection coefficients to produce digital signals representative of human speech. A microprocessor controls the access of digitized speech data which is stored in a memory. The speech synthesizer and microprocessor along with the pulse width modulated digital-to-analog converter are implemented in complementary metal-insulator-semiconductor technology. The system also includes a speaker for generating audible sounds in the form of synthesized human speech from the analog signals provided by the digital-to-analog converter.