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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Brad Darnell, San Jose, CA (US);
Rouben Toumani, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Paul Bauer, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Wiltron Company, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to delta modulation in which the modulation level is optimized to improve overall system performance. A delta modulator in accordance with the invention includes a step size controller having a overload detector, a step size generator and a modulation level regulator. The overload detector monitors the output serial bit stream and produces a signal indicative of whether overload conditions are present. The step size generator produces steps of varying sizes in response to an input signal. The modulation level regulator monitors the signal output from the overload detector and outputs a modulated signal when the overload detector output has reached at least a certain threshold level. The modulation level regulator output is received at the step size generator input.