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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barmak Mansoorian, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Photobit Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 ;
Abstract
A double comparison successive approximation A/D converter. The converter compares the value with upper and lower limits. The bit values are not set unless the value is distant from the compared value. Otherwise, the value of the bit is held until later when the bit does fall outside the limits.