Systems and methods for creating and using a conditioning signal

• US 20070216466A1
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Original Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Inventors: Tsividis, Yannis
• Granted Patent: US 7,579,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/349
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/124 Sampling or signal conditioning arrangements specially adapted for A/D converters

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating and using a conditioning signal are provided. In some embodiments, systems for creating a conditioning signal providing information regarding an input signal are provided, wherein the systems comprise: a signal conditioning developer that receives the input signal and produces the conditioning signal; a delay device that receives the input signal and produces a delayed input signal, wherein the delayed input signal is delayed to simultaneously transmit with the conditioning signal and form a vector signal with the delayed input signal and the conditioning signal; and a receiving circuit coupled to the signal conditioning developer and the delay device that receives the vector signal and dynamically adjusts according to the conditioning signal.

Claims

1. A system for creating and using a conditioning signal providing information regarding an input signal comprising:

a signal conditioning developer that receives the input signal and produces the conditioning signal;

a delay device that receives the input signal and produces a delayed input signal, wherein the delayed input signal is delayed to simultaneously transmit with the conditioning signal and form a vector signal with the delayed input signal and the conditioning signal; and

a receiving circuit coupled to the signal conditioning developer and the delay device that receives the vector signal and dynamically adjusts according to the conditioning signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the input signal is a digital signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the conditioning signal includes information relating to at least one of acceptable distortion level and bias.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a computer readable medium storing a digital signal vector.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an amplitude digitizer coupled to the signal conditioning developer and the delay device, wherein the amplitude digitizer quantizes the delayed signal based on information provided by the conditioning signal.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a computer readable medium storing a digitized conditioned vector signal received from the amplitude digitizer.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the input signal is a digital signal.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the conditioning signal includes information relating to at least one of acceptable distortion level and bias.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a means for providing a computer readable medium storing a digital signal vector.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising a means for providing an amplitude digitizer coupled to the means for providing a signal conditioning developer and the means for providing a delay device, wherein the means for providing a amplitude digitizer quantizes the delayed signal based on information provided by the conditioning signal.

18. The system of claim 5, further comprising a means for providing a computer readable medium storing a digitized conditioned vector signal received from the amplitude digitizer.

7. A method for creating and using a conditioning signal providing information regarding an input signal comprising:

deriving from an input signal a conditioning signal that contains information regarding how a receiving circuit is to handle the input signal;

delaying the input signal to synchronize the input signal with the conditioning signal where a delayed input signal and the conditioning signal form a vector signal;

transmitting the vector signal to the receiving circuit; and

adjusting the receiving circuit dynamically according to the conditioning signal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the input signal is a digital signal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the conditioning signal includes information relating to at least one of acceptable distortion level and bias.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing a digital signal vector pair in a computer readable medium.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising quantizing the input signal using amplitude digitizing and quantizing based on information provided by the conditioning signal.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising quantizing the input signal using amplitude digitizing and storing a digitized conditioned vector signal.

13. A system for creating and using a conditioning signal providing information regarding an input signal comprising:

a means for providing a signal conditioning developer that receives the input signal and produces the conditioning signal;

a means for providing a delay that receives the input signal and produces a delayed input signal that is delayed to simultaneously transmit with the conditioning signal and form a vector signal with the delayed input signal and the conditioning signal; and

a means for providing a receiving circuit coupled to the means for providing a signal conditioning developer and the means for providing a delay device that receives the vector signal and dynamically adjusts according to the conditioning signal.