Method of generating signal amplitude responsive to desired function, and converter
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Jan 9, 2001
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Aug 11, 1998
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Dec 18, 1996
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The invention relates to a method for generating a signal amplitude behaving according to a desired function and to a converter implementing the method. In the method, a function that is used for controlling the behaviour of a signal amplitude is piecewise linearized to provide straight lines; a slope and a constant term of each straight line is stored in a memory (202 and 203); and a midpoint of each straight line is shifted to form an origin in a common coordinate system. Variable data (213) is used as address data, which is divided into an MSB (207) and an LSB part (208). The MSB part (207) is used for addressing from the memory (202 and 203) the slope and the constant term of the straight line. The LSB part (208) functions as a variable of a common coordinate system of the straight lines. The amplitude is generated by summing in a summer (205) a product determined by the slope and the LSB part to the constant term, the product being generated in means (204) as a selected summing of arithmetically shifted, masked and complemented slopes controlled by the LSB part.
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