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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. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Patrick T. Bohan, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventor:
Patrick T. Bohan, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a diagnostic compiler for use with a pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having code sequences corresponding to stages thereof. In one embodiment, the diagnostic compiler includes a transition locator configured to determine transition locations for the code sequences. The diagnostic compiler also includes a characteristics indicator coupled to the transition locator and configured to provide at least one characteristic of the ADC based on the transition locations.