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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
George W Deffendall, Reading, PA (US);
James J Hitt, Willow Grove, PA (US);
Assignee:
Leeds & Northrup Company, North Wales, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3403 / ; 3403 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
An analog to digital converter of the ramp-integrator type with provisions to reduce errors due to offset voltages. The cycle which is utilized includes a preconditioning cycle during which the capacitor is charged while the input to the buffer amplifier is connected to the datum level voltage, such as ground. A microprocessor is used to compute the unknown signal.