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Granted Patent B2
US 9,793,868 · App. 14/260,793 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Digital acoustic system

Inventors: Akira Yasuda (Tokyo, JP); Jun-ichi Okamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Trigence Semiconductor, Inc.
H03F3/2175G06F17/3074H04H20/88H04R1/005H04R3/00H04R9/063H04R27/00H03F2200/331H04R2209/026H04R2209/041H04R2460/03
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,793,868
App. No.
14/260,793
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a digital acoustic system comprising: a ΔΣ modulator that modulates a digital input signal and outputs a digital signal; a post-filter that is connected to the ΔΣ modulator and which performs mismatch shaping to convert the digital signal; a parallel-serial converter that converts the digital signal converted by the post-filter into a digital signal which is serially transmitted; a serial-parallel converter that restores the digital signal converted by the parallel-serial converter; and a drive circuit which receives the digital signal restored by the serial-parallel converter, and drives drive elements to convert the signal into an analog audio signal.

Claims (7)

1. A digital acoustic system comprising:

a processor configured to convert a single digital input audio signal to m number of digital signals;

a parallel-serial converter configured to convert the m number of digital signals converted by the processor to a serially transmitted digital signal;

a serial-parallel converter configured to convert and reconstruct the digital signal converted by parallel-serial converter to m number of digital signals; and

a driving circuit configured to receive the m number of digital signals reconstructed by the serial-parallel converter, to realize conversion to analog audio by driving s number of driving elements;

wherein the processor is controlled by a program for reading out the s number of driving elements, for operating the processor as a single ΔΣ-modulator modulating the single digital input audio signal and outputting an n bit digital signal, and as a post filter connected to the ΔΣ-modulator and configured to mismatch shape the n bit digital signal and convert the n bit digital signal to m number of digital signals; and

the number of signals output by the parallel-serial converter is smaller than the number of signals input to the parallel-serial converter, and a signal output by the parallel-serial converter includes data necessary for demodulation by the serial-parallel converter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF PATENT OWNER'S ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2020
From: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 052003/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2014
From: YASUDA, AKIRA; OKAMURA, JUN-ICHI
To: TRIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 033622/0985 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-233937 · Oct 25, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2012077570 · Oct 25, 2012
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