Dezimationsfilter mit wählbarem Dezimationsverhältnis und Verfahren zur Dezimationsfilterung

A decimation filter for filtering an externally derived stream of quantized electrical signals having a predetermined rate includes a coefficient generator responsive to a set of externally derived decimation-ratio select signals to provide a separate normalized coefficient signal at each respective one of a plurality of output ports. An accumulator is coupled to the coefficient generator to receive each normalized coefficient signal generated therein. The accumulator receives the stream of quantized electrical signals so as to produce, upon masking with respective ones of the received normalized coefficient signals, a plurality of accumulator output signals. An overflow detector is coupled to the accumulator to detect and correct any overflow condition arising in the accumulator.