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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Mehran Mokhtari, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph F. Jensen, Malibu, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mehran Mokhtari, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph F. Jensen, Malibu, CA (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An analog to digital converter comprises a plurality of comparators, each comparator for comparing an input electrical signal with a respective, pre-selected reference electrical signal, an encoder coupled to the comparators to receive a detection signal from each comparator indicative of the input signal, and a plurality of reference circuits, each reference circuit coupled to a respective one of the plurality of comparators to supply the respective reference electrical signal to the respective comparator.