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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:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Douglas S. Piasecki, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Douglas S. Piasecki, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a data acquisition circuit includes an analog multiplexer to receive analog signals and select an analog signal for output, an ADC coupled to the multiplexer to receive the analog signal and perform a conversion of the analog signal to a N-bit digital value in at least N clock cycles, and a controller coupled to the ADC to enable the ADC to compare the analog signal to a second analog signal in a single clock cycle.