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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sandor Barna, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Van Blerkam, Valencia, CA (US);
Eric R. Fossum, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Photobit Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/62 ; H03M 1/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/62 ; H03M 1/78 ;
Abstract
A non-uniform resistor is used with a flash A to D converter in order to provide an A to D output which is not linear. The nonlinearity of the A to D output is specially designed to carry out a predetermined correction of the signal.