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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1996
S3 Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A conversion system and method is disclosed for converting between digital and analog data signals. The conversion system comprises a signal input line for each digital data signal, a reconstructor-resampler unit for each digital data signal, a combiner, a modulator, a digital-to-analog converter, and a signal output line. Each signal line input couples to the respective reconstructor-resampler unit for the digital data signal. Each reconstructor-resampler unit then couples to a combiner which couples to a modulator. The modulator couples to the digital-to-analog converter that couples to the signal output line from which an analog output signal is produced. The reconstructor-resampler comprises a sampling member coupled to the signal line input and a polynomial interpolator member coupled to the sampling member and the modulator. Also, the modulator operates at a predetermined, or fixed, frequency regardless of the sampling frequency of the digital data signal. The steps of the conversion method include inputting a digital data signal having a sampling frequency, reconstructing and resampling the digital data signal to generate a resampled data signal, performing noise-shaping on the resampled data signal to generate a x-bit data signal from a modulator operating at a predetermined frequency regardless of the sampling frequency of any of the digital data signals, and converting the x-bit data signal to an analog data signal. In addition, an analog-to-digital conversion system and method is disclosed that comprises a signal line input, a decimator, a reconstructor-resampler a signal output line, and a modulator operating at a predetermined frequency to convert an analog data signal to a digital data signal.