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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. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chiew Khiang Kuit, Bukit Mertajam, MY;
Chee Lam Ng, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Tze Sin Tan, Gelugor, MY;
Nen Wei Ng, Bukit Mertajam, MY;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3177 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of testing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The method includes receiving a series of analog signals from a tester site, converting the series of analog signals to a series of digital code words using an ADC, evaluating the ADC based on the series of digital code words using an ADC test setup and generating an output signal identifying whether the ADC has passed the testing.