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Analog to digital converter

CA 1083260 A · Owner: Western Electric Company, Incorporated · Inventors: Candy, James C.; Ching, Yau-Chau

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Abstract of the Disclosure An analog signal to be converted into a high resolution digital signal is first converted to a coarsely quantized signal by a direct feedback coder. A group of successive coarsely quantized signals are then processed by a converter which produces the high resolution digital signal. In the converter, the processing is performed by an arrangement of two accumulators. The first accumulator provides an output signal indicative of the running sum of each group of coarsely quantized signals. The second accumulator has the capability of providing an accumulation of either the negative or the positive of the output signal of the first accumulator. A negative accumulation …

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  • Granted August 5, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 5, 1997.
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FiledApril 14, 1977
GrantedAugust 5, 1980
Term endedAugust 5, 1997
Patent numberCA 1083260 A
Classification (IPC)H03M1/00 +2 more

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1978198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedApril 14, 1977Patent grantedAug 5, 1980Term endedAug 5, 1997

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