Method and apparatus for storing digital audio and playback thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6356872
APP PUB NO 20020032571A1
SERIAL NO

08719986

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A data conversion device is provided for storing digital data in a DAT (332) at a 16-bit word length and then recovering the data at a 24-bit word length with an overall reduction in truncation noise that would be inherently associated with data at the 16-bit word length. This is facilitated by noise shaping the data at the 16-bit word length prior to storage in the DAT (332) with a noise-shaping filter (324). This results in truncation noise in the lower portion of the frequency band being shifted to the higher portion of the band. When the data is recovered, it is converted to a 24-bit word length and then processed through a bandpass filter to filter out the higher frequency noise to yield a signal that has a maximum noise equal to or less than that in the lower portion of the band stored in the DAT (332). Since the truncation noise was shifted from the lower band to the upper band, this is a lower noise level than that inherently associated with the 16-bit word length.

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CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION4210 S INDUSTRIAL DRIVE AUSTIN TX 78744

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Leung, Ka Yin Austin, TX 8 308
Leung, Kafai Austin, TX 26 685
Swanson, Eric J Buda, TX 55 2019

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