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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Sualp Aras, Dallas, TX (US);
Guhaprakash Amudhan, Richardson, TX (US);
MD Abidur Rahman, Allen, TX (US);
Xiaochun Zhao, Allen, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sualp Aras, Dallas, TX (US);
Guhaprakash Amudhan, Richardson, TX (US);
Md Abidur Rahman, Allen, TX (US);
Xiaochun Zhao, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03L 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, comprising: a charge-pump; a sampler that samples an optical signal, including: a black sampler; a video sampler; and an analog to digital converter. The first aspect further provides a single clock that is coupled to and provides clocking signals to: a) the charge-pump logic that is coupled to the charge-pump; and b) the sampler logic that is coupled to the sampler that samples the optical signal.