Encode circuit and analog-digital converter comprising a digital average unit and a logical boundary detection unit
US7696917B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/165
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An encode circuit includes a digital average unit that receives cyclic thermometer codes or standard thermometer codes, and that reduces a bubble error in the received thermometer codes by a majority vote rule, a logical boundary detection unit that detects a logical boundary in the thermometer codes output from the digital average unit, and an encoder unit that generates output codes based on output signals from the logical boundary detection unit.
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