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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Robert J. Brewer, Lambourn, GB;
Colin G. Lyden, Baltimore, IE;
Michael C. W. Coln, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Brewer, Lambourn, GB;
Colin G. Lyden, Baltimore, IE;
Michael C. W. Coln, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An acquisition and averaging circuit is provided in which, during a sampling phase capacitors in sample blocksandare sequentially connected to the input signal to sample it and are then isolated so as to hold the sample. The capacitors are then connected to a combining/averaging arrangement such that an average of the sample values is formed.