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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:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
May. 21, 2000
Applicants:
Paul F. Ferguson, Jr., North Andover, MA (US);
Xavier S. Haurie, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul F. Ferguson, Jr., North Andover, MA (US);
Xavier S. Haurie, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method including a DAC that receives a multi-bit digital signal and outputs at least two analog signals including a first analog signal and a second analog signal, the first analog signal being indicative of a sum of values of bits in the multi-bit digital signal, the second analog signal also being indicative of said sum of values of said bits in the multi-bit digital signal. The first and second analog signals may be substantially equal or they may be different from each other.