The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Microsemi Corp.—analog Mixed Signal Group Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Inventors:
Shimon Cohen, Burgata, IL;
Gabi Levhar, Ruhama, IL;
Assignee:
Microsemi Corp.—Analog Mixed Signal Group, Ltd., Hod Hasharon, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/18 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/18 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H05B 33/0815 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing a wide range of input currents for an analog to digital converter (ADC), the method constituted of: receiving an input current; selecting one of a plurality of selectable ratios; and generating at least one sense current, the magnitudes of the at least one generated sense current and the received input current exhibiting the selected ratio, wherein the ADC is arranged to receive a voltage representation of the at least one generated sense current.