Reduction of quantization noise via periodic code for oversampled input signals and the corresponding optimal code design

• Published in: Digital signal processing Vol. 24; pp. 209 - 222
• Main Authors: Ling, Bingo Wing-Kuen, Ho, Charlotte Yuk-Fan, Dai, Qingyun, Reiss, Joshua D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Design engineering; Deterministic quantization model in frequency domain; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Modified gradient descent method; Noise reduction; Optimal design of periodic code; Optimization; Oversampled signals; Parametrization; Polynomials; Quantization; Reduction of quantization noise; Semi-infinite programming; Semi-infinite programming; Reduction of quantization noise; Deterministic quantization model in frequency domain; Optimal design of periodic code; Modified gradient descent method; Oversampled signals
• ISSN: 1051-2004; 1095-4333
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2013.10.006

This paper proposes to reduce the quantization noise using a periodic code, derives a condition for achieving an improvement on the signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance, and proposes an optimal design for the periodic code. To reduce the quantization noise, oversampled input signals are first multiplied by the periodic code and then quantized via a quantizer. The signals are reconstructed via multiplying the quantized signals by the same periodic code and then passing through an ideal lowpass filter. To derive the condition for achieving an improvement on the SNR performance, first the quantization operator is modeled by a deterministic polynomial function. The coefficients in the polynomial function are defined in such a way that the total energy difference between the quantization function and the polynomial function is minimized subject to a specification on the upper bound of the absolute difference. This problem is actually a semi-infinite programming problem and our recently proposed dual parameterization method is employed for finding the globally optimal solution. Second, the condition for improving the SNR performance is derived via a frequency domain formulation. To optimally design the periodic code such that the SNR performance is maximized, a modified gradient descent method that can avoid the obtained solution to be trapped in a locally optimal point and guarantee its convergence is proposed. Computer numerical simulation results show that the proposed system could achieve a significant improvement compared to existing systems such as the conventional system without multiplying to the periodic code, the system with an additive dithering and a first order sigma delta modulator.