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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Bruce A. Fette, Mesa, AZ (US);
Bruce A. Fette, Mesa, AZ (US);
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter ('ADC') architecture as described herein utilizes a digital signal processor having suitably configured waveform prediction logic that can predict expected types of input signals. The ADC architecture subtracts the predictable signal components from the analog input signal prior to the analog-to-digital conversion, which extends the dynamic range of the ADC employed by the ADC architecture. In practice, the ADC architecture can subtract predictable strong signal components from an analog input signal such that the ADC can apply its available dynamic range to the remaining weak signal components.