


| ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION The Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) Technique
By Dr. Ernest Simo
 2.0 Uniform and Non-Uniform Quantization Non-Uniform Quantization

Speech signals are Non-Uniform: The amplitude is more likely to be close to zero than to be at a high level.
So, it should be more suitable to use Non-Uniform quantizers with unequally spaced levels, than uniform quantizers.

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