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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. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cecil J. Aswell, Organgevale, CA (US);
Eugene G. Dierschke, Dallas, TX (US);
John Hull Berlien, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 ;
Abstract
An optical sensor array with zone-programmable gain and offset prior to A/D conversion for reducing quantization noise. The circuit comprises a register file which contains digital words for controlling gain and offset according to multi-pixel zones.