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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Marcellus C. Harper, Kaysville, UT (US);
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Marcellus C. Harper, Kaysville, UT (US);
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Siflare, Inc., Sandy, UT (US);
Abstract
A current-mode analog-to-digital converter includes: a current input node; a current-mode sample and hold circuit configured to output a steady source of electrical current having an analog value proportional to a sampled analog value of an electrical current at the current input node; and at least one current comparator that compares the electrical current output by the current-mode sample and hold circuit to at least one reference current to produce a digital representation of the sampled analog value of the electrical current at the current input node.