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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:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guy Delight, Escondido, CA (US);
Remi LeReverend, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zarlink Semiconductor AB, Jarfalla, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
An integrator with a reset mechanism comprises an integration capacitor and a replacement integration capacitor, wherein the integration capacitor is replaced with the replacement integration capacitor during a reset operation. A method of resetting an integrator comprises temporarily removing an integration capacitor and replacing the integration capacitor with a reset capacitor during a reset operation of the integrator. The method may further comprise temporarily removing the integration capacitor and replacing it with a reset capacitor multiple times during a single reset operation of the integrator.