Digital audio array circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399250-B2
Application number	US-202117237259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2021
Priority date	Apr 24, 2020
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

A digital audio array circuit is provided. The digital audio array circuit includes at least two digital audio units and a system master unit. Each of the digital audio units is configured to transform a received sound wave to a digital audio signal. Each of the digital audio units includes a left/right channel configuration input terminal. The system master unit is connected to the at least two digital audio units in time division multiplexing to receive the digital audio signals. The left/right channel configuration input terminal of each of the digital audio units is configured to receive a same synchronizing signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A digital audio array circuit, comprising:
at least two digital audio units, wherein each of the digital audio units is adapted to convert a received sound wave into a digital audio signal, and each of the digital audio units comprises a left/right channel configuration input terminal; and
a system master unit connected to the at least two digital audio units and configured to control the at least two digital audio units and to receive the digital audio signals of the at least two digital audio units;
wherein the system master unit is connected to the at least two digital audio units in time division multiplexing, and the left/right channel configuration input terminal of each of the digital audio units is configured to receive a same synchronization signal.

2. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a synchronization signal line, wherein the system master unit further comprises a synchronization signal output terminal, and the synchronization signal line is electrically connected to the synchronization signal output terminal and the left/right channel configuration input terminal of each of the digital audio units.

3. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the system master unit further comprises a word selection signal terminal, and each of the digital audio units comprises a word selection signal input terminal and a word selection signal output terminal.

4. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the word selection signal terminal of the system master unit is electrically connected to the word selection signal input terminal of one of the digital audio units, and the word selection signal output terminal of the digital audio unit is electrically connected to the word selection signal input terminal of another one of the digital audio units.

5. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 4 , wherein each of the digital audio units comprises a program to recognize whether a signal received by the left/right channel configuration input terminal is the synchronization signal.

6. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 5 , wherein if each of the digital audio units recognizes that the signal received by the left/right channel configuration input terminal is the synchronous signal, each of the digital audio units performs sound wave sampling synchronously; if not, each of the digital audio units performs sound wave sampling according to the signal received by its word selection signal input terminal.

7. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the synchronization signal output terminal is a word selection signal terminal of the system master unit, and each of the digital audio units comprises a word selection signal input terminal and a word selection signal output terminal.

8. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the word selection signal terminal of the system master unit is electrically connected to the word selection signal input terminal of one of the digital audio units, the word selection signal output terminal of the digital audio unit is electrically connected to the word selection signal input terminal of another one of the digital audio units, and the synchronization signal line is electrically connected to the word selection signal terminal and the left/right channel configuration input terminal of each of the digital audio units.

9. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 8 , wherein each of the digital audio units comprises a program to recognize whether a signal received by the left/right channel configuration input terminal is the synchronization signal.

10. The digital audio array circuit according to claim 9 , wherein if each of the digital audio units recognizes that the signal received by the left/right channel configuration input terminal is the synchronous signal, each of the digital audio units performs sound wave sampling synchronously; if not, each of the digital audio units performs sound wave sampling according to the signal received by its word selection signal input terminal.

Assignees

• Silicon Integrated Systems Corp

Inventors

• Chen Han-Ning
• Chiang Chien-Yu

Classifications

• H04S7/30 Primary

  Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field · CPC title

• H04S1/007

  in which the audio signals are in digital form (data reduction aspects thereof based on psychoacoustics G10L19/02) · CPC title

• H04R5/04

  Circuit arrangements, {e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments (combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S)} · CPC title

• H04R3/005 Primary

  for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407) · CPC title