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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:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul E Green, La Mirada, CA (US);
Barry T French, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341172 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for converting a charge packet into digital bit weights. The apparatus comprises a plurality of serially connected charge-coupled cells for receiving the charge packet at one end, such that the charge packet consecutively fills each CCD in the path. Also, a detector is coupled to another end of the CCD's for advancing charge within the CCD's and detecting whether each CCD is filled. A counter coupled to the detector for counting the number of CCD's which are not filled with charge, wherein the number represents a first form of digital bit weights of the charge packet.