A HIGH SPEED MINIATURE PULSE CODE MODULATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Increasing speed and complexity of guidance and target acquisition systems being developed for SDI missile interceptors mandate new performance standards for today’s airborne telemetry systems. High bandwidth video data merged with a myriad of high sample rate analog and digital channels have pushed bit rates to 10 MBPS (Mega Bits Per Second) and beyond. These bit rates which are an order of magnitude beyond most telemetry systems in use today, result in the need for a new architecture which facilitates data transfer at these higher rates.