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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:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Mark Sugden, Harrogate, GB;
Andrew Martin Roberts, Leeds, GB;
Assignee:
Switched Reluctance Drives Limited, Harrogate, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341164 ; 341155 ;
Abstract
An analog to digital converter includes a comparator, an up/down counter and a pulse width modulator. The analog input to the comparator initially causes the counter to count up. The counter output is the converted digital word. The word is used to vary the modulation duty cycle of the modulator output which is compared with the analog input to the comparator. When the modulator output exceeds the analog input, the comparator output changes and the counter counts down, maintaining a digital output from the counter at the value of the converted analog signal.