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A/D converter
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-08-24
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Granted: 1989-05-23
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Expires: 2007-08-24
Abstract
Abstract An A/D converter apparatus comprises: a sampling signal generating means to generate an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; a converter means to convert an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with the oversampling signal; and a decimator means to perform a specified decimation on the digital signal in synchronism with the internal sampling signal; whereby the sampling signal generating means maintains the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Nagai
- 👤 Masayuki Yamashita
- 👤 Masafumi Kanagawa
- 👤 Mitsumasa Sato
- 👤 Tsuneo Ito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 21:55
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03M; H03M3/00; H03M3/30; H03M3/322; H03M3/324; H03M3/458
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
An A/D converter apparatus, comprising: a sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimator means for performing a specified decimation operation on said digital signal in synchronism with said internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
An A/D converter apparatus, comprising: a sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimator means for performing a specified decimation operation on said digital signal in synchronism with said internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
104 words
An A/D converter apparatus comprising: a sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimator means for performing a specified decimation operation on said digital signal in synchronism with said internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship, and wherein the sampling signal generating means is controlled by an external sampling signal supplied form outside the A/D converter apparatus.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
104 words
An A/D converter apparatus comprising: a sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimator means for performing a specified decimation operation on said digital signal in synchronism with said internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship, and wherein the sampling signal generating means is controlled by an external sampling signal supplied form outside the A/D converter apparatus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said sampling signal generating means comprises: phase comparison means for detecting a phase difference between the external sampling signal and the internal sampling signal, and an oversampling signal generating circuit for generating said oversampling signal according to a signal representing the phase difference output from the phase comparison means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein said sampling signal generating means further comprises: a frequency dividing circuit for generating said internal sampling signal by dividing said oversampling signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein said oversampling signal generating circuit includes: a variable frequency dividing circuit for dividing a reference frequency signal according to said phase difference signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set, forth in claim 5, wherein said phase comparison circuit includes means for generating the phase difference signal when the phase difference between the external sampling signal and the internal sampling signal reaches a magnitude equivalent to a specified number of the reference frequency signals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 6, further comprising: frequency dividing factor control means for controlling the dividing factor of the variable frequency dividing circuit for a specified period according to said phase difference signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
An A/D converter apparatus asset forth in claim 7, wherein said frequency dividing factor control means includes means for generating a frequency dividing factor control signal for switching the dividing factor of the variable frequency dividing circuit from a first factor to a second factor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 2, including means for generating said external sampling signal according to the digital output signal from said decimator means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein the frequency dividing circuit has a fixed dividing factor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
An A/D converter apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein an output signal of the variable frequency dividing circuit is said oversampling signal and the frequency of the oversampling signal is increased as the frequency of the external sampling signal increases.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
An MODEM (modulator/demodulator) comprising an A/D converter apparatus and a digital signal processor apparatus; the A/D converter apparatus including: sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimating means for performing a specified decimation operation on the digital signal in synchronism with the internal sampling signal; whereby the sampling signa generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
96 words
An MODEM (modulator/demodulator) comprising an A/D converter apparatus and a digital signal processor apparatus; the A/D converter apparatus including: sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal; converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal; and decimating means for performing a specified decimation operation on the digital signal in synchronism with the internal sampling signal; whereby the sampling signa generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
116 words
A MODEM comprising: an A/D converter apparatus; and a digital signal processor apparatus; said A/D converter apparatus including sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal, converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal, and decimating means for performing a specified decimation operation on the digital signal in synchronism with the internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship; and wherein the sampling signal generating means is controlled by an external sampling signal supplied from the digital signal processor apparatus.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
116 words
A MODEM comprising: an A/D converter apparatus; and a digital signal processor apparatus; said A/D converter apparatus including sampling signal generating means for generating an oversampling signal and an internal sampling signal, converter means for converting an input analog signal into a digital signal in synchronism with said oversampling signal, and decimating means for performing a specified decimation operation on the digital signal in synchronism with the internal sampling signal; wherein said sampling signal generating means includes means for maintaining the frequencies of the oversampling signal and the internal sampling signal in a specified relationship; and wherein the sampling signal generating means is controlled by an external sampling signal supplied from the digital signal processor apparatus.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
59 words
A MODEM as set forth in claim 13, wherein the sampling signal generating means comprises: a phase comparison circuit for detecting a phase difference between the external sampling signal and the internal sampling signal and an oversampling signal generating circuit for generating the oversampling signal according to a signal representing the phase difference output from the phase comparison circuit.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
A MODEM as set forth in claim 14, wherein the sampling signal generating means further comprises: a frequency dividing circuit for generating the internal sampling signal by dividing the oversampling signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
A MODEM as set forth in claim 15, wherein the oversampling signal generating means includes: a variable frequency dividing circuit for dividing a reference frequency signal according to the phase difference signal.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
A MODEM as set forth in claim 16 wherein said A/D converter apparatus and said digital signal processor apparatus is included within a single semiconductor substrate.
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