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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Richard Bonaccio, Shelburne, VT (US);
Mark Andrew Bergquist, Rochester, MN (US);
Kirk William Lang, Williston, VT (US);
Anthony John Perr, Jericho, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364847 ; 360 46 ; 360 51 ; 360 7708 ; 360 65 ; 360 40 ; 360 53 ; 360 67 ; 327 58 ; 327 50 ; 3241 / ; 375317 ;
Abstract
A peak detector having several novel detection modes including detecting a pair of peaks with opposite polarity and selecting whether or not the peaks must cross programmed thresholds to be detected. The novel detection modes together with several known detection modes are provided in one unit and can be selected by the user. A power down feature is also provided.