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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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takehiko Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobusuke Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341163 ; 3952003 ;
Abstract
There is provided an analog-to-digital converter comprising a first data register (4) for storing an m-bit analog-to-digital conversion result, a second data register (5) for storing an n-bit (n is smaller than m) analog-to-digital conversion result, and an analog-to-digital conversion control circuit (3) for transferring the n (n is smaller than m) highmost bits of the m-bit analog-to-digital conversion result stored in the first data register (4) as an n-bit analog-to-digital conversion result to the second data register (5).