PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15865569
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["341", "118000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to nonlinear signal processing, and, in particular, to method and apparatus for mitigation of outlier noise in the process of analog-to-digital conversion. More generally, this invention relates to adaptive real-time signal conditioning, processing, analysis, quantification, comparison, and control, and to methods, processes and apparatus for real-time measuring and analysis of variables, including statistical analysis, and to generic measurement systems and processes which are not specially adapted for any specific variables, or to one particular environment. This invention also relates to methods and corresponding apparatus for mitigation of electromagnetic interference, and further relates to improving properties of electronic devices and to improving and/or enabling coexistence of a plurality of electronic devices. The invention further relates to post-processing analysis of measured variables and to post-processing statistical analysis.

Claim (Index 11):
An apparatus for analog-to-digital conversion capable of converting an input signal into an output signal, wherein said input signal is a physical signal characterized by a nominal bandwidth and wherein said output signal is a quantized representation of said input signal, the apparatus comprising:\n a) a quantizer operable to receive a quantizer input and to produce a quantizer output; b) a nonlinear loop filter operable to receive said input signal and a feedback of said quantizer output and to produce said quantizer input, said nonlinear loop filter further comprising: c) a blanker characterized by a blanking range and operable to receive a blanker input and to produce a blanker output, wherein said blanker output is proportional to said blanker input when said blanker input is within said blanking range, and wherein said blanker output is effectively zero when said blanker input is outside of said blanking range; d) a first integrator characterized by a first integration time constant and operable to receive a first integrator input and to produce a first integrator output, wherein said first integrator output is proportional to an antiderivative of said first integrator input; e) a second integrator characterized by a second integration time constant and operable to receive a second integrator input and to produce a second integrator output, wherein said second integrator output is proportional to an antiderivative of said second integrator input; f) a first 1st order lowpass filter characterized by a lowpass filter bandwidth and a second 1st order lowpass filter characterized by said lowpass filter bandwidth, wherein said lowpass filter bandwidth is much larger than said nominal bandwidth, wherein said first 1st order lowpass filter is operable to receive a first 1st order lowpass filter input and to produce a first 1st order lowpass filter output, and wherein said second 1st order lowpass filter is operable to receive a second 1st order lowpass filter input and to produce a second 1st order lowpass filter output; wherein said first 1st order lowpass filter input is proportional to a difference between said input signal and said feedback of said quantizer output, wherein said second 1st order lowpass filter input is proportional to said feedback of said quantizer output, wherein said blanker input is proportional to said first 1st order lowpass filter output, wherein said first integrator input is proportional to said blanker output, wherein said second integrator input is proportional to a difference between said second integrator output and said second 1st order lowpass filter output, and wherein said quantizer input is proportional to said second integrator output.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11429
- Patent Class: 341.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14159033', '15271819', '13715724', '13662127', '13599866']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5899349269233705
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5383935823745296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5847807924684865
- Mean Citation Score: 342.1069940000001
- Max Citation Score: 357.43747
- Similarity Product: 329.30191925477266

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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