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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Kevin P. Lavery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Sunil S. Oak, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kevin P. Lavery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Sunil S. Oak, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In response to a selected analog applied to the input terminal of an analog-to-digital converter, the digitized output signal is stored in a buffer/register. In making a comparison with a predetermined value, a second buffer/register stores either a preselected value or a second digitized signal. A comparator is coupled to the first and the second buffer/register to provide the result of a comparison. In this manner, the central processing unit is not involved in the comparison testing procedure.