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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Aeroflex Colorado Springs Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
David B. Kerwin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Alfio Zanchi, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROFLEX COLORADO SPRINGS INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/02 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/02 (2013.01); G01K 7/00 (2013.01); G01K 2215/00 (2013.01); G01K 2219/00 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit counter includes a segmented thermometer coding counter architecture that reaches the thermodynamic energy minimum for a forward/reverse counting operation, requiring only one write or one erase operation per count so that energy consumption can be minimized, and circuit endurance maximized.