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Logarithm/inverse-logarithm converter utilizing linear interpolation and method of using same

  • US 5,600,581 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1995
  • Issued: 02/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for generating a log signal, which method comprises the following steps:

  • receiving a digital input signal having a first bit slice representing a plurality of most significant bits and a second bit slice representing a plurality of least significant bits;

    retrieving from a memory a neighboring log value and a delta value corresponding to the first bit slice;

    multiplying the second bit slice by the delta value to produce a term value;

    generating a correction factor that represents the term value divided by an interval value; and

    summing the correction factor and the neighboring log value to produce the log signal.

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