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Pulse width modulation frequency conversion

Granted 29 May 2012 · 2 office actions

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Abstract

A pulse width modulation (PWM) frequency converter converts an input PWM signal to an output PWM signal having a different frequency while maintaining a substantially equal duty ratio. The PWM frequency converter samples the input PWM signal for a PWM cycle using a sampling clock. A filter module filters the resulting set of one or more PWM parameters to compensate for noise introduced by potential clock mismatch, clock jitter, ambient variations, and other non-deterministic issues, thereby generating filtered PWM parameters. The sampling employed by the filter module compares a difference between the one or more current PWM parameters and previous (or historical) PWM parameters from an earlier sampled PWM cycle to a predetermined change threshold in determining a filtered set of one or more PWM parameters. The filtered set of one or more PWM parameters then is used to generate one or more corresponding PWM cycles of the output signal.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H03K7/08
  • H03B19/00
USPC · US Patent Classification
327/114327/172327/175

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related publicationUS 20110032008 A110 Feb 2011

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