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Analog to digital converter

US6281831A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 1998
Grant dateAug 28, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/42
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An A/D converter having a plurality of thresholding circuits corresponding to bits of output digital data, each of which includes odd number of inverters serially connected from a first stage to a last stage. The first stage inverter of the thresholding circuits have thresholds equal to a weights of the bits. The inverters of the last stage are of thresholds different from those of the first stage.

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