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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Arlo J. Aude, Atlanta, GA (US);
Laurence D. Lewicki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jitendra Mohan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a comparator comprising: 1) a first comparison circuit capable of receiving an input signal, wherein the first comparison circuit is enabled and compares the signal when a received LATCH signal is enabled and is disabled when the received LATCH signal is disabled; and 2) a second comparison circuit coupled to the input signal in parallel with the first comparison circuit, wherein an input stage of the second comparison circuit is substantially identical to an input stage of the first comparison circuit. The second comparison circuit is enabled and compares the input signal when the received LATCH is signal is disabled and is disabled when the received LATCH signal is enabled.