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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:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Lourans Samid, Heilbronn, DE;
Johannes Schaefer, Ulm, DE;
Thomas Janz, Ulm, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atmel Automotive GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first analog signal at a first input; receiving a second analog signal at a second input; mixing the first analog signal with a first oscillator signal having a first frequency; mixing the second analog signal with a second oscillator signal having a second frequency; converting a sum signal to a digital signal; generating a first control signal based on a first digital value of a first function and the digital signal; and generating a second control signal based on a second digital value of a second function and the digital signal.