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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Applicants:
Arlo J. Aude, Atlanta, GA (US);
Laurence D. Lewicki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arlo J. Aude, Atlanta, GA (US);
Laurence D. Lewicki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M001/12 ; H03M001/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Three-state binary adders are disclosed for use in pipelined analog-to-digital converters. According to one advantageous embodiment, a three-state binary adder is provided for use in a digital signal processing system. The three-state binary adder is operable to generate binary codes consisting of three states, namely, '00', '01' and “10.”