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the original analog signal (green), the quantized signal (black dots), the signal reconstructed from the quantized signal (yellow) and the difference between the original signal and the reconstructed
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signal (red). The difference between the original signal and the reconstructed signal quantization error adc is the quantization error and, in this simple quantization scheme, is a deterministic function of the input signal. Quantization,
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in mathematics and digital signal processing, is the process of mapping a large set of input values to a (countable) smaller set. Rounding and truncation are typical examples of quantization quantization error example processes. Quantization is involved to some degree in nearly all digital signal processing, as the process of representing a signal in digital form ordinarily involves rounding. Quantization also forms the core of essentially all lossy compression algorithms. The difference between an input value and its quantized value (such as round-off error) is referred to as quantization error. A device or algorithmic function quantization error matlab that performs quantization is called a quantizer. An analog-to-digital converter is an example of a quantizer. Contents 1 Basic properties of quantization 2 Basic types of quantization 2.1 Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 2.2 Rate–distortion optimization 3 Rounding example 4 Mid-riser and mid-tread uniform quantizers 5 Dead-zone quantizers 6 Granular distortion and overload distortion 7 The additive noise model for quantization error 8 Quantization error models 9 Quantization noise model 10 Rate–distortion quantizer design 11 Neglecting the entropy constraint: Lloyd–Max quantization 12 Uniform quantization and the 6 dB/bit approximation 13 Other fields 14 See also 15 Notes 16 References 17 External links Basic properties of quantization[edit] Because quantization is a many-to-few mapping, it is an inherently non-linear and irreversible process (i.e., because the same output value is shared by multiple input values, it is impossible in general to recover the exact input value when given only the output value). The set of possible input values may be infinitely large, and may possibly be continuous and therefore uncountable (such as the set of all real numbers, or all real numbers within some limited range). The set o
that the computer or digital circuit can use in a process called quantization. The number of available values is determined by the number of bits (0's and 1's) used for
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each sample, also called bit depth or bit resolution . Each additional bit quantization error in analog to digital conversion doubles the number of values available (1-bit samples have 2 values, 2-bit samples have 4 values, etc.). When a sample is
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quantized, the instantaneous snapshot of its analog amplitude has to be rounded off to the nearest available digital value. This rounding-off process is called approximation. The smaller the number of bits used per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_(signal_processing) sample, the greater the distances the analog values need to be rounded off to. The difference between the analog value and the digital value is called the approximation or quantizing error as shown in the illustration below. The greater the magnitude of approximation errors, the greater the level of digital or quantizing noise produced. The solution to reducing digital noise is to use larger sample word sizes http://www.indiana.edu/~emusic/etext/digital_audio/chapter5_quantize.shtml (greater bit depth), which therefore correspond to the dynamic range of the system, since it affects the signal-to-noise ratio. (For digital systems, this is often measured as SQNR, or signal-to-quantization-noise-ratio.) A general rule of thumb is an added 6 dB of dynamic range for every additional bit used per sample. The original CD standard proposed by Sony was for a 14-bit sample size, with a dynamic range of only 84 dB, but was changed to 16 bits before inception. Just as sample rate affects frequency response, sample size (i.e., bit depth) affects dynamic range, or the amplitude difference between the digital noise floor and the loudest possible sound before distortion. The CD/DAT standard of 16-bit samples, with their impressive 65,536 values for quantizing, provide the theoretical playback system optimum of a 96 dB dynamic range. 1 | 2 Modules 1. Overview 2. Binary Numbers 3. Sampling 4. Nyquist Theorum 5. Sample Rates 6. Quanitization 7. DACs 8. Audio File Formats 9. References Chapters Table of Contents 1. Acoustics 2. Studio Gear 3. MIDI 4. Synthesis 5. Digital Audio Appendices | Jacobs School of Music | Center for Electronic and Computer Music | Contact Us | ©2013 Prof. Jeffrey Hass
iclicker Registration Check Grades Honors Section Step-By-Step Examples ECE110 BLOG Suggested Reading Online Flashcards Video Channel ECE 110 Course Notes Sampling and Quantization Learn It! Required Analog and Digital Signals Sampling Nyquist Sampling Rate Quantization Unit Conversion https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece110/fa2015/content/courseNotes/files/?samplingAndQuantization Explore More Learn It! Analog and Digital SignalsDigital signals are more resilient against noise than analog signals. An analog signal exists throughout a continuous interval of time and/or takes on a continuous range of values. A sinusoidal signal (also called a pure tone in acoustics) has both of these properties. Figure 1 Fig. 1: Analog signal. This signal $v(t)=\cos(2\pi ft)$ could be a perfect analog recording of a pure tone quantization error of frequency $f$ Hz. If $f=440 \text{ Hz}$, this tone is the musical note $A$ above middle $C$, to which orchestras often tune their instruments. The period $T=1/f$ is the duration of one full oscillation. In reality, electrical recordings suffer from noise that unavoidably degrades the signal. The more a recording is transferred from one analog format to another, the more it loses fidelity to the original.
Figure 2 Fig. 2: quantization error in Noisy analog signal. Noise degrades the sinusoidal signal in Fig. 1. It is often impossible to recover the original signal exactly from the noisy version. A digital signal is a sequence of discrete symbols. If these symbols are zeros and ones, we call them bits. As such, a digital signal is neither continuous in time nor continuous in its range of values. and, therefore, cannot perfectly represent arbitrary analog signals. On the other hand, digital signals are resilient against noise. Figure 3 Fig. 3: Analog transmission of a digital signal. Consider a digital signal $100110$ converted to an analog signal for radio transmission. The received signal suffers from noise, but given sufficient bit duration $T_b$, it is still easy to read off the original sequence $100110$ perfectly. Digital signals can be stored on digital media (like a compact disc) and manipulated on digital systems (like the integrated circuit in a CD player). This digital technology enables a variety of digital processing unavailable to analog systems. For example, the music signal encoded on a CD includes additional data used for digital error correction. In case the CD is scratched and some of the digital signal becomes corrupted, the CD player may still be able to reconstruct the missing bits exactlbe down. Please try the request again. Your cache administrator is webmaster. Generated Sat, 01 Oct 2016 16:05:05 GMT by s_hv720 (squid/3.5.20)