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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Udayan Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Ganesan Thiagarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Venugopal Gopinathan, Bangalore, IN;
Udayan Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Ganesan Thiagarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Venugopal Gopinathan, Bangalore, IN;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is provided. An analog signal is received. The analog input signal is compared to first and second reference signals to generate a first comparison result, and the first comparison result and a first time stamp corresponding to the first comparison result are registered. A first portion of a digital signal is generated from the first comparison result. At least one of the first and second reference signals is adjusted. A second comparison result is generated if the analog signal reaches an adjusted one of the first and second reference signals within a predetermined interval, and a second portion of the digital signal is generated from the second comparison result.