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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Iq-analog Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Mikko Waltari, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

IQ-Analog Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/50 (2006.01); H03M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03M 1/122 (2013.01); H03M 1/1295 (2013.01); H03M 1/50 (2013.01); H03M 1/502 (2013.01); H03M 1/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Traveling Pulse Wave Quantization method is provided for converting a time sensitive signal to a digital value. A first stop signal is delayed by a first time delay, a first plurality of times, to create a delayed first stop signal. A clock signal is delayed by a second time delay, a first plurality of times, to create a delayed clock signal first period. Each second time delay is associated with a corresponding first time delay, and the second time delay is greater than the first time delay. When the delayed first stop signal occurs before the delayed clock signal first period, a count of the delays is stopped and converted into a digital or thermometer value. An accurate resampled value is provided regardless of the duration in delay between the first stop signal and a second stop signal that is accepted after the first stop signal.


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