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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Todor Cooklev, Moraga, CA (US);
Darrin J. Gibbs, South Jordan, UT (US);
Kenneth S. Morley, Draper, UT (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Continuously variable slope delta modulation coding uses a thresholder having an analog input and a digital output representing the relationship between a signal amplitude at the analog input and a predetermined threshold. An integrator has an output and one input connected to the output of the thresholder and a second input that receives a step size value, the output of the integrator corresponding to a product of the thresholder output and the step size value. An adder has one input that receives an analog input signal that is to be encoded and a second input connected to the output of the integrator. The output of the adder is coupled to the analog input of the thresholder. A step size controller is responsive to an analog signal level related to the analog input signal for varying the step size value in response to variations in the analog signal level.