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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel D. Alexander, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Syed Amir Aftab, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/36 ;
Abstract
A device and technique for selective over-ranging provides for the folding of signals in an input signal range such that the folded signals in the center of the input signal range are folded N times while the folded signals at the lower and upper extremes of the input signal range are folded NF +1 times. One embodiment includes an over-ranging lower pre-amplifier group ( ), a center pre-amplifier group ( ) and an over-ranging upper pre-amplifier group ( ).