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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ioan T Oltean, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
VISX, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375238 ; 332109 ; 329311 ;
Abstract
A digital pulse width modulation circuit and method includes a first pulse width clock signal modulated by a second pulse width clock signal that represents a converted analog voltage input. The first and second pulse width signals are provided to a counter that counts to a predetermined gate count, wherein an output pulse width signal is provided that is in proportion to the analog voltage input.