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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Friedrich Heizmann, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Maximilian Erbar, Mühlheim-Kärlich, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for converting a digital signal an analogue signal and to a digital to analogue converter comprising means for converting a digital signal to a thermometer coded signal, means for randomizing the thermometer coded signal, means for controlling the means for randomizing based on the digital signal and means for converting the randomized signal to analogue.