Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-linear converter to linearize the non-linear output of measurement devices
-
Application No.: US14997276Application Date: 2016-01-15
-
Publication No.: US10128864B2Publication Date: 2018-11-13
- Inventor: Robert Mark Englekirk
- Applicant: pSemi Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee: pSemi Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Jaquez Land Greenhaus LLP
- Agent Martin J. Jaquez, Esq.; Alessandro Steinfl, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00 ; H03M1/46 ; G01K15/00

Abstract:
A non-linear converter comprising a non-linear voltage divider having a plurality of resistors representing a non-linear transfer function, an analog multiplexer having analog multiplexer inputs coupled to the non-linear voltage divider and configured to output an analog multiplexer output, the analog multiplexer chooses one of the plurality of resistors based on a logic signal and the non-linear transfer function, an analog comparator having an analog comparator first input configured to receive an analog input voltage, an analog comparator second input configured to receive the analog multiplexer output and the analog comparator configured to output a comparator voltage output and a logic loop coupled to the analog comparator and configured to receive the comparator voltage output and configured to output the logic signal, wherein the logic signal represents a linearized digital word.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170207793A1 Non-Linear Converter Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
Information query