Chapter 9 Adaptive Delta Modulator

9-1 : Curriculum Objectives

1. To underst and t he operat ion t heory of adapt ive delt a modulation (ADM). 2. To understand the signal waveforms of ADM modulation. 3. Design and implementation of ADM modulator. 4. Measurement and adjustment of ADM modulator.

9-2 : Curriculum Theory

1. The Operation Theory of ADM Modulation From previous chapter, we know that the disadvantage of delta modulation is when the input audio signal frequency exceeded the limitation of delta modulator, i.e.

fs

( )

Then this situation will produce the occurrence of slope overload and cause signal distortion. However, the adaptive delta modulation (ADM) is the modification of delta modulation to improve the disadvantage of the occurrence of slope overload.

Figure 9-1 is the block diagram of ADM modulator. In figure 9-1, we can see that the delta modulator is comprised by comparator, sampler and integrator, then the slope controller and the level detect algorithm comprise a quantization level adjuster, which can control the gain of the integrator in the delta modulator. ADM modulator is the modification of delta modulator, therefore, due to the delta modulator has the problem of slope overload at low and high frequencies. The reason is the magnitude of the (t) of delta modulator is fixed, i.e. the increment of or - is unable to follow the variation of the slope of the input signal. When the variation of the slope of the input signal is large, the magnitude of (t) still can increase by following the variation, then this situation will not occur the problem of slope overload. On the other hand, there is another technique, which is known as continuous variable slope delta (CVSD) modulation. This technique is commonly used in Bluetooth application. CVSD modulator is also the modification of delta modulator, use to improve the occurrence of slope overload. The different between the CVSD and ADM modulators are the quantization level adjuster A . ADM modulator is discrete values and the quantization level adjuster of CVSD modulator is continuous. Simply, the quantization value of ADM modulator is the variation of digital, such as the quantization values of +1, +2, +3, -2, -3 and so on. As for CVSD modulator, the quantization value is the variation of analog, such as the quantization values of +1, +1.1, +1.2, -1.5, -0.3, -0.9 and so on.

Figure 9-1 Block diagram of ADM modulator. 2. The Implementation of ADM Modulator Figure 9-2 is the basic circuit diagram of ADM modulator. In figure 9-2, the audio signal will pass through a low-pass filter, which can remove all the unwanted signal and only obtain the audio signal. The input signals of the comparator are the audio signal and triangle wave signal, then the output of the comparator is the square wave signal. The Dtype flip flop is used as sampling, then the output signal of the flip flop is the modulated ADM signal. After that the signal will feedback to tunable gain amplifier and level adjuster. In accordance with the different between the input signal x(t) and the reference signal X s(t), we can change the magnitude of the gain of the tunable amplifier. If the different of the input signal and the reference signal is very large, then the level adjuster will change the gain of the tunable amplifier so that the value of (t) will become large. On the other hand, if the different of the input signal and the reference signal is very

small, then the level adjuster will change the gain of the tunable amplifier so that the value of (t ) will become small. With this advantage, when the frequency variation of the input signal is large, then we can increase the value of (t) to prevent the occurrence of slope overload. And when the frequency variation of the input signal is small, then we can decrease the value of (t) to reduce the error.

Figure 9-2 Basic circuit of ADM modulator

Figure 9-3 is part of the circuit diagram of ADM modulator. The main reason is the circuit diagram in figure 9-3 is similar to the circuit diagram of delta modulator in chapter 7, therefore, please refer to chapter 7 for the operat io n t heor y o f t his circuit . S ince t he ADM mo dulat or is t he modification of delta modulator, which is used to improve the occurrence of slope overload, so, in this chapter, we will focu s on the implementation of auto alteration of the value (t).

Figure 9-4 is the controlled circuit of (t) value of ADM modulator. In figure 9-4, connect the point A and point B in figure 9-4(a) to the point A and point B of the analog switch in figure 9-3. Since by changing the values of point A and point B, we can change the gain of the integrator, and then we can also change the magnitude of the period between the output slope of the integrator and the output of the delta modulator. In figure 9-4(a), U1 is the inverter. U5 and U6 comprise a synchronous counter, however, the CLK of the flip-flop is positive edge trigger and the CLK of the counter is negative edge trigger. Therefore, in order to synchronize the flip-flop and the counter, we need to add an inverter. Figure 9-4(b) is the output signal waveforms of each test points. Test point A is the modulated ADM signal; test point B is the output signal waveform of Q of U5, which will operate with test point A by "exclusion OR" (XOR), i.e. D = A G + (U5)Q . As a result of the circuit in figure 9-4(a) utilize synchronous counter as the pulse detector and latch, so, the results of test point C and test point F will be similar to each others. Test point G is the "AN D" between test point D and test point E. When the test point G is zero, the counter will reset. At this moment, the output of the counter is zero and refer to the integrator in figure 9-3, the gain will be

Figure 9-4(a) Circuit diagram of auto gain controller.

Figure 9-4(b) Output signal waveforms of each test point of the auto gain controller.

Figure 9-4 Circuit diagram and output signal waveforms of the auto gain controller.

From the above-mentioned equations, we know that when the value of .he counter become larger, the gain of the integrator also become larger. If the output value of the counter is larger than 3 but not yet reset to zero, then the counter will load the output value into the counter, which means the increment will always maximum. The counter will only reset until the pin CLR is "LOW". With this method, we can achieve the auto gain control of the integrator. The different between the delta modulator and adaptive delta modulator is that the gain of the integrator of the delta modulator is fixed. However, the adaptive delta modulator will change the gain of the integrator according to the modulated signal in present and past. In this chapter, the counter that we use is a 2 -bits counter, therefore, there are only 4 variations of the increment values. In order to obtain more increment values, we just need to change the counter and the analog switch.

9-3 : Experiment Items

Experiment 1: Adaptive Delta Modulator
1. To implement an adaptive delta modulator circuit as shown in figure 9-3 and figure 9-4 or refer to figure DCT9-1 on GOTT DCT-6000-05 module. 2. At the audio signal input port (Audio I/P), input a 1 V amplitude and 500 Hz sine wave frequency. Next at the CLK input port (CLK I/P), input a 5 V amplitude and 32 kHz TTL signal. Then observe the input signal (TP1), the output port of comparator (TP2), the output port of the conversion from unipolar to bipolar (TP3), the gain selection A (TP4), the output port of tunable gain (T6), the output port of slope controller (TP7), the output port of integrator (T8) and the output port of adaptive delta modulation signal (ADM O/P) by using oscilloscope. Finally record the measured results in table 9-1. 3. According to the input signals in table 9-1, repeat step 2 and record the measured results in table 9-1. 4. At the audio signal input port (Audio I/P), input a 1 V amplitude and 500 Hz sine wave frequency. Next at the CLK input port (CLK I/P), input a 5 V amplitude and 128 kHz TTL signal. Then observe the output signal waveforms of TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4, TP6, TP7, TP8 and ADM O/P. Finally record the measured results in table 9 -2. 5. According to the input signals in table 9-2, repeat step 4 and record the measured results in table 9-2.

9-4 : Measured Results

Table 9-1 Measured results of ADM modulator with 32 kHz CLK signal. INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL WAVEFORMS TP1 TP2

TP3

TP4

TP6 500 Hz 1V TP8

TP7

ADM O/P

Table 9-1 Measured results of ADM modulator with 32 kHz CLK signal.(Continue) INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL WAVEFORMS TP1 TP2

TP3

TP4

TP6 1 kHz 1V TP8

TP7

ADM O/P

Table 9-2 Measured results of ADM modulator with 128 kHz CLK signal. INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL WAVEFORMS TP1 TP2

TP3

TP4

TP6 500 Hz 1V TP8

TP7

ADM O/P

Table 9-2 Measured results of ADM modulator with 128 kHz CLK signal. (Continue) INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL WAVEFORMS TP1 TP2

TP3

TP4

TP6 1 kHz 1V TP8

TP7

ADM O/P

9-5: Problems Discussion

1.

Explain the differences between adaptive delta modulation (ADM) and continuous variable

slope delta modulation (CVSD). 2. Explain the differences between delta modulation (DM) and adaptive delta modulation

(ADM). 3. 4. Refer to figure 9-3, explain the functions of the integrator. Refer to figure 9-4, explain how the circuit achieve auto gain control.