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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth A Berringer, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 17/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/12 (2006.01); H03K 5/1532 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/12 (2013.01); G01F 15/022 (2013.01); G01F 25/0007 (2013.01); H03K 5/1532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metering circuit includes a comparator including a first input to receive an input signal, and including a second input and an output. The metering circuit further includes a reference source to provide a time-varying reference signal to the second input during a peak counting operation.