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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1979
Raymond B Patterson, III, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A new encoder for an analog to digital converter of the successive approximation type incorporates instrumentation amplifier and signal sample and hold functions within the encoder proper, thereby substantially simplifying the converter circuitry. An input analog current signal is applied to a sample and hold capacitor within the encoder through the encoder comparator at a time when the weighted reference signal to the comparator is set to zero. The capacitor stored analog voltage is subsequently applied to the encoder summing node and the encoding sequence ensues. The encoder may be provided with offset and gain correction circuitry, conventionally found exterior to the encoder. In one embodiment of the invention, offset correction is effected using the signal sample and hold capacitor.
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