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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:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael D Smith, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 62 ; 327 58 ;
Abstract
The present invention overcomes the aforementioned shortcomings and deficiencies of the prior art by providing a circuit for processing an AC signal having a peak to peak envelope associated therewith, this circuit including structure for detecting the upper edge of the peak to peak envelope of the AC signal, structure for detecting the lower edge of the peak to peak envelope of the AC signal, structure for sampling the AC signal at a mid range upper point, and structure for sampling the AC signal at a mid range lower point.