The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Keir C. Lauritzen, Odenton, MD (US);
Martin Peckerar, Silver Spring, MD (US);
F. Keith Perkins, Alexandria, VA (US);
Angela M. Hodge-miller, White Plains, MD (US);
Keir C. Lauritzen, Odenton, MD (US);
Martin Peckerar, Silver Spring, MD (US);
F. Keith Perkins, Alexandria, VA (US);
Angela M. Hodge-Miller, White Plains, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An analog to digital converter includes a resistor-divider network including a plurality of resistors, an arbel channel circuit configured to generate a voltage sawtooth signal as an output, a dc-offset disposed to couple a node of the resistor-divider network and the arbel-channel circuit. The converter further includes a voltage reference circuit configured to generate a reference voltage, and a differential comparator configured to compare the voltage sawtooth signal with the reference voltage to produce a digital output signal corresponding to the voltage sawtooth signal. Method of converting an analog signal to a digital signal is also described.