Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital analog dither adjustment
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Application No.: US15722265Application Date: 2017-10-02
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Publication No.: US10348321B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Ian S. Robinson , Daniel Thompson , James Toplicar
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Burns & Levinson, LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: G02B6/35
- IPC: G02B6/35 ; H03M1/20 ; H03M1/60 ; H03M1/66

Abstract:
A method and system for data conversion includes an analog noise generator to generate a random, non-deterministic, analog noise signal. An adder adds the analog noise signal to an analog RF signal to produce a dithered analog signal. A first quantizer converts the analog noise signal to digital to produce a digital noise signal. A second quantizer converts the dithered analog signal to a digital equivalent signal. A digital dither adjustment module removes amplitude measurements of the digital noise signal from the digital equivalent signal to obtain a linearized digital representation of the analog RF signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190103877A1 DIGITAL ANALOG DITHER ADJUSTMENT Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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