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Apparatus for and method of digital signal processing

CA 2061685 C · Owner: Marston, Paul Christopher · Inventors: Wishart, Alexander Walker; Lake, Francis Julian; Marston, Paul Christopher

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Apparatus for and a method of digital signal processing utilises a technique known as sub-band decomposition and reconstruction. A plurality of input channels are provided each of which is mixed with a vernier frequency correction. In a multiplexer implementation, an FFT weighted overlap-add demultiplexer (c) is provided for decomposing each input channel into sub-bands. The sub-band outputs are decimated by a factor (d) to the common input sampling rate of a multiplexer the sub-bands from each channel then being passed into the appropriate ports of an FFT weighted overlap-add multiplexer (f) by means of a switch matrix (e). The multiplexer (f) reconstructs the individual channels …

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  • Filed February 21, 1992 and granted July 3, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 2012.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1992
GrantedJuly 3, 2001
Term endedFebruary 21, 2012
Patent numberCA 2061685 C
Classification (IPC)H03H17/02 +2 more

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