Analog Devices,inc.

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company

Colm Patrick Ronan

Brian Anthony Moane

John Twomey

Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz

Colin Gerard Lyden

Michael C W Coln

Michael Mueck

Thomas M MacLeod

Sean Patrick Kowalik

Claire Croke

Gustavo Castro

Mary McCarthy

Aine McCarthy

Liam Joseph White

Michael Edward Bradley

Rosemary B Ryan

Jason Cockrell

Mack Roger Lund

Aileen Ritchie

Alan Clohessy

Meabh Shine

Aine M Joyce

Various examples are directed to configuring a configurable hardware module to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. A configuration manager may receive an indication of the physical quantity and performance factor data describing the measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may generate a hardware configuration of the hardware based at least in part on the indication of the physical quantity and the performance factor data. The hardware configuration may comprise instruction data to configure the hardware module to execute a dynamic measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may also generate configuration data describing the hardware configuration, wherein the configuration data comprises simulation data comprising input parameters for a simulation of the hardware configuration and hardware configuration data for configuring a hardware module to implement at least a portion of the hardware configuration.

Measurement-driven electronic device design environment and techniques

An output stage interface circuit for interfacing with a data bus, comprising first and second rails for receiving respectively a high voltage and a low voltage from a power supply; a data output terminal; a first main switch element coupled between said terminal and the first rail and comprising a first main MOS device having a gate and an independently configurable back gate, and responsive to a first data control signal applied to the gate pulling the voltage on the data output terminal toward the first rail voltage; and a first control circuit responsive to the voltage on said terminal being pulled from a first state across a first voltage reference to a second state for coupling said back gate to said terminal and permitting coupling of the gate of said MOS device to said terminal, the first main MOS device presenting a high impedance on the terminal when its voltage is pulled to the second state.

Output stage interface circuit for outputting digital data onto a data bus, and a method for operating an output stage interface circuit

A voltage level shifting circuit () for shifting the common mode voltage of a differential signal to be within the working range of a differential input buffer circuit () comprises a first resistive voltage divider circuit () coupled between a first input terminal () and a voltage reference terminal () for receiving a voltage reference to which the common mode voltage of the level shifted differential signal is to be referenced, and a second resistive voltage divider circuit () coupled between a second input terminal () and the voltage reference terminal (). The differential signal is applied to the first and second terminals (), and the level shifted differential signal is produced on first and second output taps () of the first and second resistive voltage divider circuits () with the common mode of the level shifted differential signal referenced to the voltage reference applied to the voltage reference terminal (). First and second high frequency low impedance circuits () couple the first and second input terminals () to the first and second output taps () to provide respective direct current blocked high frequency low impedance paths for the differential signal to first and second differential inputs () of the differential input buffer circuit () for minimizing propagation delays resulting from low pass filters created by the interaction of the first and second resistive voltage divider circuits () with first and second intrinsic input capacitance (C,C) coupling the first and second differential inputs () of the differential input buffer circuit () to ground.

Voltage level shifting circuit, a differential input stage circuit, and a method for providing a level shifted differential signal to a differential input buffer circuit

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