A Method and System for Optimizing Decibel Data Conversion. This invention
provides an ability to convert linear signals into decibel units via
digital logic circuitry. The resultant system can present information to
users in real-time. This is made possible by performing an approximation
function that is simple enough to be implemented directly in digital
hardware, rather than through software executed by massive computing
resources. An exemplary application for this technology is as a component
of a surgical reactive electronic jamming system. This invention allows a
surgical reactive jammer to determine precisely the correct jamming
thresholds to apply in real-time. It allows signal surveillance equipment
to survey the spectrum and display those results in dBm with far more
efficiency than before. Finally, it enables a whole industry of
communications related devices that need to do real time decibel
conversion.