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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas J. Shepherd, McKinney, TX (US);
Vijaya B P Sarathy, Karnataka, IN;
Inventors:
Thomas J. Shepherd, McKinney, TX (US);
Vijaya B P Sarathy, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for sharing embedded analog-to-digital conversion resources across multiple hardware and software sample conversation queues includes an analog front end, a least one FIFO buffer, a plurality of configuration registers and a sequencer. The sequencer admits a higher priority hardware stepping sequence until the higher priority stepping sequence is completed. After completion, the apparatus reverts to completing pending conversions.