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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roberto Sadkowski, Plano, TX (US);
Steve Yang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ; H03M 1/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ; H03M 1/62 ;
Abstract
A mixed signal codec includes: a multiplexer amplifier,having an analog output signal; a sigma-delta analog to digital converter,having an input coupled to the analog output signal; and a clipping circuit,and,coupled to the input of the analog to digital converter for clipping the analog output signal.