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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Larry D. Hewitt, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey M. Blumenthal, Austin, TX (US);
Geoffrey E. Brehmer, Lexington, TX (US);
Glen W. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Carlin Dru Cabler, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan Feemster, Austin, TX (US);
David Guercio, Austin, TX (US);
Dale E. Gulick, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Hogan, Austin, TX (US);
Alfredo R. Linz, Austin, TX (US);
David Norris, Austin, TX (US);
Paul G. Schnizlein, Austin, TX (US);
Martin P. Soques, Austin, TX (US);
Michael E. Spak, Kyle, TX (US);
David N. Suggs, Austin, TX (US);
Alan T. Torok, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Legerity, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A monolithic integrated circuit for providing enhanced audio performance in personal computers. The monolithic circuit includes a wavetable synthesizer; a full function stereo coding and decoding circuit including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion; data compression, and mixing and muxing of analog signals; a local memory control module for interfacing with external memory; a game-MIDI port module; a system bus interface; and a control module for compatibility and circuit control functions.