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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric J Hoffman, Chandler, AZ (US);
Lawrence T Clark, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341166 ; 341155 ; 327379 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a charge pump configured to receive an input signal and to output incrementally a fixed amount of voltage for every selected edge of the input signal, an analog buffer coupled to said charge pump, the analog buffer feeding back a second voltage to said charge pump, the output of the charge pump linearly increases as a function of the fixed amount of voltage. A low power ramp generator that is created thereby may be used in analog to digital converters which are employed in devices such as imaging systems.