发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SIGNAL-TO-QUANTIZATION-NOISE RATIO |
摘要 |
Apparatus for determining a signal-to-quantization-noise ratio of a quantization circuit includes a signal generator that generates an input test signal for input to the quantization circuit, circuitry for isolating, from output of the quantization circuit, a signal representing quantization noise, and circuitry for determining a ratio of the output of the quantization circuit to the signal representing quantization noise. The signal generator generates an analog test tone having a frequency, and the circuitry for isolating includes a notch filter filtering that frequency. Alternatively, the circuitry for isolating includes circuitry for generating a digital test signal, and a digital subtractor for subtracting the digital test signal from the output of the quantization circuit. According to another alternative, the circuitry for isolating includes a transformation circuit whose outputs represent a peak of the output of the quantization circuit and a noise floor of the output of the quantization circuit. |
申请公布号 |
US2017099063(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.04.06 |
申请号 |
US201615266458 |
申请日期 |
2016.09.15 |
申请人 |
Marvell World Trade Ltd. |
发明人 |
Ganwani Vijay;Ahirwar Vijay;Lin Yui;Srinivasa Sudhir;Zhang Hongyuan;Narravula Sridhar |
分类号 |
H03M3/00;H04L27/26;H04B1/10;H04L7/033 |
主分类号 |
H03M3/00 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. Apparatus for determining a signal-to-quantization-noise ratio of a quantization circuit, the apparatus comprising:
a signal generator that generates an input test signal for input to the quantization circuit; circuitry for isolating, from output of the quantization circuit, a signal representing quantization noise; and circuitry for determining a ratio of the output of the quantization circuit to the signal representing quantization noise. |
地址 |
St. Michael BB |