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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carver A Mead, Pasadena, CA (US);
Federico Faggin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Timothy P Allen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Janeen D Anderson, Femont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics, Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307353 ; 307201 ; 307493 ; 34082585 ;
Abstract
An electronic circuit is disclosed having a sample/hold amplifier connected to an adaptive amplifier. A plurality of such electronic cicuits may be configured in an array of rows and columns. An input voltage vector may be compared with an analog voltage vector stored in a row or column of the array and the stored vector closest to the applied input vector may be identified and further processed.