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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Charles Eastty, Oxford, GB;
Christopher Sleight, Chipping Norton, GB;
Peter Damien Thorpe, Oxford, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H03M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375372 ; 341143 ; 379 671 ;
Abstract
One-bit digital signal processing apparatus for generating an output one-bit signal by switching from a first to a second one-bit signal in response to a detection that m consecutive bits of the first and second signal are identical, the apparatus comprising means for varying m in dependence on the urgency of the switching operation.