Digital circuit for the introduction of dither into an analog signal

Abstract

An electronics circuit for accurately digitizing an analog audio, video or ike data signal into a fourteen bit digital equivalent signal/words having thirteen data bits and a sign bit and then introducing a dither component into the digital equivalent signal. A Read Only Memory which generates an eight bit dither component to be added to a selected eight bits of each fourteen bit digital equivalent sample. The combination of an automatic gain control circuit and a data selector circuit is provided which selects eight of the thirteen data bits of each sample to supply to a binary adder which adds the dither component to each sample. The eight selected bits of each thirteen bit data sample provide optimum video, audio or like information for the sample. A binary adder is also provided to add the dither component to each bit sample before providing the resultant signal to a missile's telemetry system.