Time Encoding Quantization of Bandlimited and Finite-Rate-of-Innovation Signals
Abstract
This paper studies the impact of quantization in integrate-and-fire time encoding machine (IF-TEM) sampler used for bandlimited (BL) and finite-rate-of-innovation (FRI) signals. An upper bound is derived for the mean squared error (MSE) of IF-TEM sampler and is compared against that of classical analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with uniform sampling and quantization. The interplay between a signal's energy, bandwidth, and peak amplitude is used to identify how the MSE of IF-TEM sampler with quantization is influenced by these parameters. More precisely, the quantization step size of the IF-TEM sampler can be reduced when the maximum frequency of a bandlimited signal or the number of pulses of an FRI signal is increased. Leveraging this insight, specific parameter settings are identified for which the quantized IF-TEM sampler achieves an MSE bound that is roughly 8 dB lower than that of a classical ADC with the same number of bits. Experimental results validate the theoretical conclusions.
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@article{arxiv.2110.01928,
title = {Time Encoding Quantization of Bandlimited and Finite-Rate-of-Innovation Signals},
author = {Hila Naaman and Neil Irwin Bernardo and Alejandro Cohen and Yonina C. Eldar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.01928},
year = {2024}
}