Abstract:
A soft digital limiter (2) for limiting an analog input signal (1) from a maximum expected range (61) to a useful range (60). The number (m) of desired levels of resolution in the limiter (2) is preselected to be any power of two. An analog-to-digital converter (9) converts the input analog signal (1) to a digital representation (20). The converter (9) has its input voltage rating matched to the maximum expected range (61) and its output resolution matched to the preselected degree (m) of resolution. In the preferred two's complement numbering system, the condition for the input signal (1) falling within the useful range (60) is that the most significant p + 1 bits of the digital representation (20) are all identical, where p is the number of bits required by the converter (9) to delineate that portion of the maximum expected range (61) outside of the useful range (60). A network of comparators (e.g., 38. 39) implements this condition.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to a decoding apparatus, a decoding method and a program which make it possible to obtain sound with higher quality. A demultiplexing circuit demultiplexes an input code string into a gain code string and a signal code string. A signal decoding circuit decodes the signal code string to output a time series signal. A gain decoding circuit decodes the gain code string. That is, the gain decoding circuit reads out gain values and gain inclination values at predetermined gain sample positions of the time series signal and interpolation mode information. An interpolation processing unit obtains a gain value at each sample position between two gain sample positions through linear interpolation or non-linear interpolation according to the interpolation mode based on the gain values and the gain inclination values. A gain applying circuit adjusts a gain of the time series signal based on the gain values. The present technology can be applied to a decoding apparatus.
Abstract:
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method for signal conditioning in a processing apparatus (PA1). The method contains the steps of generating a first signal (fw) with a predefined spectral bandwidth (BW), amplifying spectral components of said first signal (fw) with a frequency outside said predefined spectral bandwidth (BW) for obtaining an amplified first signal (fw_PE_OUT), processing said amplified first signal (fw_PE_OUT) for obtaining a second signal (fw_DAC_OUT), and attenuating spectral components of said second signal (fw_DAC_OUT) with a frequency outside said predefined spectral bandwidth (BW) for obtaining an attenuated second signal (fw_DE_OUT). The embodiments of the invention further relate to a processing apparatus (PA1), which executes the signal conditioning method.
Abstract:
A method of attenuating an input signal to obtain an output signal is described. The method comprises receiving the input signal, attenuating the input signal with a gain factor to obtain the output signal, applying a filter having a frequency response with a frequency-dependent filter gain to at least one of a copy of the input signal and a copy of the output signal to obtain a filtered signal, the frequency-dependent filter gain being arranged to emphasize frequencies within a number N of predetermined frequency ranges, N>1; wherein the filter comprises a sequence ofN sub-filters, each one of the N sub-filters having a frequency response adapted to emphasize frequencies within a corresponding one of the N predetermined frequency ranges; determining a signal strength of the filtered signal, and determining the gain factor from at least the signal strength.
Abstract:
A digital and/or analog signal processing system and method for auditory enhancement and hearing conservation includes providing an audio signal with high intensity peaks, clipping the audio signal by limiting peak power to produce a clipped signal, and amplifying the clipped signal.
Abstract:
A class D amplifier (1) comprises an input unit (11) for receiving a digital input signal (Vin), a pulse shaping unit (12) for producing pulse shaped signals in dependence of the input signal (Vin), a comparator unit (13) for comparing the pulse shaped signals and producing a comparator signal, a driver unit (14) for producing driver signals in dependence of the comparator signal, a switching output unit (15) for producing a pulse width modulated output signal (Vout) in dependence of the driver signals, and a feedback unit (16) for feeding the output signal (Vout) back to the pulse shaping unit (12). The input unit (11) comprises a clipping control unit (10) for controlling the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated output signal (Vout).