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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
J. William Whikehart, Novi, MI (US);
James Alfred Wargnier, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Bradley Anderson Ballard, Belleville, MI (US);
Nicholas Lawrence Difiore, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Elliott Whitecar, Plymouth, MI (US);
Christopher John Hagan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 1/06 ; H04L 2/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 1/06 ; H04L 2/706 ;
Abstract
A digital signal processing architecture for an audio system combines multiple functions in programmable and reconfigurable blocks to achieve an efficient use of hardware and chip area. AM, FM, and audio functions can be performed using the same reconfigurable hardware while taking into account the different sample rates and processing functions required for each.