Coded data generation or conversion inventions 06/08

20080150766 - Regulation control device with an encoder and its encoder mechanism: A regulation control device comprises an encoder mechanism and a shell set. The encoder mechanism includes a base, a PCB, and an encoder, the PCB being arranged on a side of the substrate and a fixed shaft on an opposite side of the PCB being arranged in the base. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080150767 - User input for an electronic device: A user input section for an electronic device including a keypad display, a key, and a sheet member. The keypad display is adapted to change display of indicia on the keypad display between at least two different display modes. The key has a user depressible top section located above the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080150768 - Character entry by inputting strokes through a circular input device: The present invention provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for inputting character information from a circular input device. Character information is provided by a user drawing at least one input stroke on the circular input device. The circular input device is partitioned into a plurality of regions, where each region... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080150769 - Key input electronic device: The present invention provides a key input electronic device controlled in operation by a control circuit to which input signals in accordance with input operations are fed, and including a key input unit including an array of a plurality of switches; a key sheet detachably provided over the key input... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080150770 - Code generation and allocation method: A method of generating and allocating codewords includes allocating one of two selectable codewords b1 and b2 as codeword “b” when a preceding codeword “a” and a following codeword “b” form a code stream X, in which the codewords b1 and b2 have opposite INV values which are parameters indicating... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080150771 - Gain-variable analog/digital converter, gain adjustment method for gain-variable analog/digital converter, and system including gain-variable analog/digital converter: Voltage values at a high-voltage side and a low-voltage side of a reference voltage are generated on the basis of a current outputted from a current source circuit having an adjustable current value, and an impedance element having an adjustable impedance value which is connected to an operating amplifier, analog-to-digital... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080150772 - Apparatus and method for analog-to-digital converter calibration: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for calibration of analog to digital converters (ADC) are described herein. In an aspect, an ADC includes a plurality of slices. Each slice includes a digital to analog converter (DAC), a comparator, and a digital processing unit (DPU). The digital processing unit is electrically connected to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080150773 - Digital correction of nonlinearity errors of multibit delta-sigma digital to analog converters: Digital correction of multibit ADAC nonlinearities for error feedback DACs is provided. The integral nonlinearity (INL) error of the multibit ADAC is estimated (on line or off line) by a low-resolution calibration ADC (CADC) and stored in a random-access memory (RAM) table. The INL values are then used to compensate... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo Bldg. B, 2nd Floor

20080150774 - Non-linear processing of signals: In a non-linear processing system, the main non-linear processing and filtering is performed with low precision in a separate branch. A low-precision version (22) of the input signal (14) is created in an extractor (20), which is processed non-linearly in a low-precision non-linear processing unit (11) under constraints put on... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080150775 - Signal processing device and signal processing method: A problem that when signal input/output is conducted in an analogue signal format between two portions processing digital signals, the dynamic range becomes inadequate due to error variations of signal levels of an internal D/A converter and A/D converter is solved. In a gain setting, firstly the magnitude relation is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080150777 - Sigma delta converter system and method: A sigma delta converter system and method includes a multi bit quantizer circuit coupled to an output of the converter. A single bit analog-to-digital converter circuit is contained in a feedback path of the converter. The converter includes a feed forward path operable to multiply an input voltage by a... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080150776 - Sigma-delta modulators: Sigma-delta modulators and a method of modulating are disclosed in which a first sigma-delta modulator having a first quantizer is provided, and a second quantizer is also provided. At least a first node of the first sigma-delta modulator upstream of the first quantizer and a second node of the first... Agent: Infineon Technologies Ag Patent Department

20080150778 - Digital analog converter system: A digital to analog converter system comprises an input circuit (3) which converts, during a sequence of corresponding time periods (Ti), a digital input signal (IS) having more than n bit into a sequence of n-bit digital input sub-signals (DS). An n-bit digital to analog converter (1) sequentially converts the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080150779 - Digital-to-analog converter and digital-to-analog conversion method thereof: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) can minimize the increase of an area caused by increase of number of bits. The DAC includes a coarse resistor-string digital-to-analog conversion unit for selectively outputting 2N-level analog voltages in response to upper N-bit digital data, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080150781 - Method and system for correcting switched input a/d converters: A system is described for correcting a switched input A/D converter circuit that performs a plurality of A/D conversions. The system includes an oversampling circuit, a switched input controller, separation circuitry, and a signal processing subsystem. The oversampling circuit is configured to convert one or more input analog signals into... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080150782 - Multi-mode adc and its application to cmos image sensors: An analog-to-digital converter apparatus for analog source signals of one polarity, includes one comparator formed from transistors, a block of digitally addressable voltage sources to set a reference voltage of the comparator, an asynchronous n-bit digital counter, a block of digitally addressable voltage sources to set the potential to be... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080150780 - Signal processing apparatus: A first AD converter subjects an analog signal to AD conversion by a first AD clock, and a second AD converter subjects the same analog signal to AD conversion by a second AD clock that is shifted in phase from the first AD clock by half cycle. FF circuits store... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080150783 - Electronic device with hotkey remote controller: An electronic device with a hotkey remote controller is provided, wherein the remote controller can be used to remotely input a signal to the electronic device, and the remote controller also can be connected to the electronic device for direct input of the signal. A pair of signal connection ports... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080143559 - Appliance control panel: An appliance control panel detects on ON gesture by a user approximately near a set of electrodes in a surface of the appliance, in which the electrodes sense a capacitive coupling to the user. The appliance is turned on in ON in response to the detecting of the ON gesture... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080143560 - Lightpipe for illuminating keys of a keyboard: A light guide is provided for illuminating innumerable constructions, but which is ideally suited for illuminating the keys of a keyboard. The light guide includes a translucent planar plate having a top, a bottom and sides. Further, the light guide includes one or more cavities which project upwardly into the... Agent: Russo & Duckworth, LLP

20080143561 - Operation processing apparatus, operation processing control method, and computer program: An operation processing apparatus adapted to perform a data conversion on input bits has a logic circuit adapted to perform a data conversion on input bits. The logic circuit includes selectors configured in a hierarchical layer structure and controlled by select signals corresponding to the input bits. Constant values input... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080143562 - Self-calibrating multi-port circuit and method: The invention provides a type-based method to compensate for distortions in circuits operating on a plurality of input modulated signals to form one or more output modulated signals. Steps of the method include low-rate sampling of the output signal to obtain a statistical characteristics thereof, and adjusting parameters of the... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20080143563 - Analog-digital conversion apparatus and digital-analog conversion apparatus: An analog-digital conversion apparatus has a jitter detecting circuit for detecting the amount of jitter included in a sampling clock generated, and a jitter applying circuit for providing an analog signal to be subjected to the analog-digital conversion with a delay based on the amount of jitter detected to prevent... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080143564 - Fast, high resolution digital-to-analog converter: A fast, high resolution digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is described herein. The DAC comprises a pulse generator, decay circuit, controller, and sample circuit. The pulse generator serially outputs pulses representing digits of a digital word least significant digit first. Each pulse generates a response in the decay circuit that decays over... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20080143565 - Dither methods for suppression of data-dependent activity variations: A system and method are provided for minimizing data-dependent power variations. The system and method can include summing an input with a dither signal, processing the summed signal, and substantially removing the effects of the dither signal from the output. The output is an approximation of processing to the input... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080143567 - Analog digital converter (adc) having improved stability and signal to noise ratio (snr): A sigma delta (ΣΔ) analog to digital converter (ADC) that compensates for the adverse effects associated with the time delay introduced by delay circuitry of the feedback loop. This ΣΔ ADC includes a first summing stage, first integrator, second summing stage, second integrator, quantizer, and feedback loop. The second integrator... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080143566 - For externally clocked digital audio input, determining a valid clock and muting audio during synchronization: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining the existence of an external clock over a digital input port on a computer, and, if the external clock is valid, locking to it. A loss of the lock can also be detected, and, if a re-lock is likely, the... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, P.c.

20080143569 - Integrated multi-mode sensor: An integrated multi-mode sensor system is described that integrates into a single housing a sensor, signal conditioning circuitry, calibration memory, and interface circuitry that is compatible with both analog and digital end-use circuits. The sensor includes a housing, a sensor circuit, memory, and an interface circuit. The sensor circuit is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080143568 - Methods and apparatus for a multi-mode analog-to-digital converter: A multi-mode analog-to-digital converter includes a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter circuit configured to receive the analog input and produce a digital bit-stream associated therewith, the delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter including at least one integrator configured to reset to an initial state in response to a reset signal A digital filter circuit is... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (fs)

20080143572 - Digital-to-analog converter: A digital-to-analog converter having an input for receiving a digital input signal during each time period. A plurality of elements are each adapted to produce an analog output in response to an input, and an encoder selects a number of the elements and applies inputs to the selected elements. An... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080143570 - Method and apparatus for feedback signal generation in sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters: A method and apparatus taught herein provide a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for use in a conversion feedback path of a sigma-delta type analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The DAC uses current pulse shaping to generate a conversion feedback signal in each feedback cycle of the ADC that provides a consistent charge transfer... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20080143571 - Sounding transformation and recognition: A method for scaling and converting sounding data into physical properties of a scanned medium is disclosed. In one embodiment, sounding data is received and transformed into phase space, where the phase space transformation linearizes the sounding data. The slope and intercept of the phase space data is determined and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080143573 - Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a signal in a frequency band using non-uniform sampling: A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a signal in a frequency band using non-uniform sampling includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) (110) for sampling an analog input signal (105) to create discrete signal samples (115), an ADC exciter (120) for exciting the ADC to sample at... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080143574 - A-d converter, a-d convert method, and a-d convert program: There is provided an A-D converter that outputs a digital output signal obtained by digitalizing an analog input signal. The converter includes a plurality of comparators that each compares the analog input signal and an analog threshold value according to designated digital threshold data, a high-order field determining section that... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080143575 - Analog to digital conversion apparatus: An up-converter 124 frequency-up-converts an analog signal Sm. A down-converter 121 frequency-down-converts analog signal Sm. A signal selection block 125 selects one of the frequency-up-converted signal Sfu and frequency-down-converted signal Sfd. The signal Se selected by the signal selection block 125 is provided to the primary winding of a transformer... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20080143576 - Analog-to-digital converting system: A novel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture using subranging successive approximation approach is disclosed. The ADC architecture is capable of achieving high sampling rate, low power consumption and low complexity. It is also able to advance the chip production yield and area utilization ratio. The new proposed ADC is formed by... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080143577 - Semiconductor integrated circuit performing a voltage comparison and preventing deterioration of a voltage comparison accuracy: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit receiving first and second input voltages, a latch circuit comparing a voltage received from a first output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit through a first capacitor and a voltage received from the second output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080143578 - Alarm clock synchronized with an electric coffeemaker: A system, including an alarm which is synchronized with a coffeemaker, is used to coordinate wake-up time with coffee brewing time. In one embodiment of the invention, the alarm includes an alarm timer, an alarm controller, alarm input (e.g., dial or button), a speaker, circuitry for sound generation and a... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.c.

20080136678 - Data input using knocks: Data is entered into an electronic device using a unique pattern of knock sequences applied to the surface of the device. One or more accelerometers within the device provide an electronic output which is sampled and digitized. Matching software compares the sequences to previously recorded sequences for user identification. The... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080136679 - Using sequential taps to enter text: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for entering text. The system starts by receiving a sequence of finger-triggered events. The system then attempts to match the sequence of finger-triggered events to one or more predetermined sequences of finger-triggered events. If the sequence matches a predetermined sequence, the... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080136681 - Apparatus and method for constituting character using head motion: Provided are an apparatus and method for inputting characters by making head motion. In the method for inputting a character by making head motion, a predetermined numeral group is selected among a plurality of numeral groups by shifting a center-point key set on a keyboard displayed on a screen in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080136682 - Apparatus and method using color-coded or pattern-coded keys in two-key input per character text entry: Letters (more generally, language symbols) are entered electronically by selecting, in sequential fashion, two keys on a standard phone layout. The first key in the two-key sequence is that key on which the desired letter is displayed. The keys and the letters displayed on the keys are marked in such... Agent: Daniel E. Johnson Ibm Corporation, Almaden Research Center

20080136680 - Method of configuring a keypad of a load control system: A load control system is operable to control the amount of power delivered to a plurality of electrical loads from an AC power source. The load control system includes a plurality of keypads, which each may include a different button assembly having a different button configuration. Each keypad is operable... Agent: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Mark E. Rose

20080136683 - Method of configuring a keypad of a load control system: A load control system is operable to control the amount of power delivered to a plurality of electrical loads from an AC power source. The load control system includes a plurality of keypads, which each may include a different button assembly having a different button configuration or multiple button configurations.... Agent: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Mark E. Rose

20080136684 - Remote control unit, electronic device and method for controlling electronic device: A remote control unit, an electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device using the same are provided. The remote control unit includes: a key input part including a menu key for allowing an electronic device to enter a setup mode, a numeric key rotatably provided to display... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080136685 - Data conversion unit, data conversion method, and electronic apparatus using the data conversion unit: A data conversion unit includes a first input/output unit, a second input/output unit, an encoder, a decoder, a random number generator for generating random number data, and a control unit which selects a first, second and third setting function. The first setting function sets the data conversion unit to input... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080136686 - Method for the scalable coding of stereo-signals: Method for scalable coding of stereo signals includes left and right channel signals from a time into a frequency range; and then separately quantizing the transformed left and right channel signals; matrixing the quantized signals so as to form mid and side signals; and using the formed mid and side... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080136687 - Data retrieving method, data retrieving apparatus, data compression method and data compression apparatus: A data compression apparatus has a characterizing point extracting part 1 which extracts data expressing characterizing points included in a plurality of data showing a result of carrying out simulation, quantized data generating part 2 which generates quantized data obtained by quantizing data except for data expressing characterizing points, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080136688 - Extension of accuracy of a flash adc by 1-bit through interpolation of comparator outputs: ADC accuracy is increased by 1 bit by interpolation of comparator outputs in a comparator array, thereby increase accuracy without significant increasing power consumption and size.... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080136689 - High speed serializer/deserializer transmit architecture: A Serializer/Deserializer apparatus comprises a serializer adapted to take N parallel bits of data and shifts them out serially at N times a clock speed to a transmitter, a transmitter enable block adapted to start the serializer means, and a count block. The serializer comprises flip-flops and muxes, and is... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080136690 - Method and apparatus for converting parallel data to serial data in high speed applications: A method and apparatus to convert parallel data to serial data is provided. More specifically, there is provided a parallel-to-serial converter comprising a data pipeline configured to receive parallel data, and binary sort logic comprising a plurality of switches arranged to receive the parallel data from the data pipeline, and... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (micron Technology, Inc.)

20080136691 - Apparatus and method of using spread pulse modulation to increase the control resolution of an electronic device: An apparatus and method are described to increase the control resolution of an electronic device. In one embodiment, the invention includes a spread pulse modulation module to generate a first set of bits based on a second set of bits that is larger than the first set of bits. The... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080136693 - Multi-bit delta-sigma modulator:

20080136692 - Power efficient equalizer design: A method of reading data is provided. The method includes receiving an analog signal, converting the analog signal to a one bit wide digital signal at a first sampling frequency, and downsampling the digital signal to provide the one bit wide digital signal at a second sampling frequency. The method... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080136695 - Common mode management between a current-steering dac and transconductance filter in a transmission system: Common mode management between a DAC, such as a current-steering DAC, and a transconductance filter in a high-frequency transmission system. In one aspect of the invention, a transmission circuit includes a DAC that provides an analog signal from an input digital signal, and a filter such as a transconductance filter... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Atmel

20080136694 - D/a converter: A D/A converter has a reference comparison current generator configured to generate a reference comparison current, a first reference current generator configured to generate a first reference current capable of correcting a current level, a first D/A converting part capable of outputting a first full-scale current having a predetermined proportional... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080136696 - Digital/analogue converter, converter arrangement and display: A digital/analogue converter (10) for converting an input n-bit digital code, where n is an integer greater than one, has an n-bit digital input and an output for connection to a load, and comprises: an array of (n−1) switched capacitors; and a switching arrangement. The switching arrangement is adapted, in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080136698 - High-resolution time-to-digital converter: A time-to-digital converter includes a first delay line, a second delay line, comparators, and an encoder. The first delay line includes first resistors coupled in series and receives a first signal through a start node. The second delay line includes second resistors coupled in series and receives a second signal... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080136697 - Method and system for random number generator with random sampling: In a random number generator, a first converter converts a first analog noise signal into a random digital clock signal and a second converter samples a second analog noise signal asynchronous to the first analog noise signal in response to the random digital clock signal and generates a random digital... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080136699 - Algorithm analog-to-digital converter: Provided is an algorithm analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The algorithm ADC obtains two digital outputs through different capacitor connections for one analog input signal and adds the digital output signals to obtain a final output value, so that a mismatch factor of the capacitor is removed to minimize a linearity limitation... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080136700 - Intuitive based control elements, and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements: The present invention relates to intuitive based control elements and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements. In certain embodiments, machine interfaces such as remote control devices for operation of various devices are provided. More specifically, machine interfaces according to embodiments of the invention herein include one or... Agent: Ralph J. Crispino

20080129549 - System and method for encoder failure detection: An encoder failure detector system and method for detecting failure of an encoder during time periods when a zero rotational speed is expected. For example, in one embodiment a test signal is applied during a period when a zero rotational speed is expected and a failure is indicated if no... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080129550 - Intuitive based control elements, and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements: The present invention relates to intuitive based control elements and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements. In certain embodiments, machine interfaces such as remote control devices for operation of various devices are provided. More specifically, machine interfaces according to embodiments of the invention herein include one or... Agent: Ralph J. Crispino

20080129551 - Backlight keyboard: A backlight keyboard (100) includes a plurality of keys (120), a light guide plate (140), and an elastic element (160). Each key includes a key cover (124) and a keypad (122) integrally connected to each other. Further, keypad portions of adjacent keys are integrally connected, as well. The light guide... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080129552 - Concurrent data entry for a portable device: A system and method for entering data on a portable device includes determining a tilt state as a button is being pressed. The determined tilt state can be used to disambiguate from among a plurality of characters associated with the pressed button. In a preferred embodiment, the portable device is... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080129553 - Method for configuring an operating unit of a control and control device: In a method for configuring at least one mobile operating unit of at least one control, wherein the at least one operating unit is detachably connectable to the at least one control, wherein the at least one operating unit has a display, a memory, and an input device, the configuration... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080129555 - Method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state: A method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state is provided. The method of processing information inputted while a mobile communication terminal is in an active communications state includes receiving information inputted while the mobile communication terminal is in an active communications... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20080129554 - Methods and devices for keypress validation in a slider form factor device: Disclosed are methods in a slider form factor device, and slider form factor devices, for ignoring a key depression when there is a change in the position of a first housing relative to a second housing that occurs between the key depression and the release of the key depression. The... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080129556 - Two stage loss-less compressor for a clear channel over a packet network: After compression, each packet is provided with a header which specifies the exact method used to compress that packet. At the decoder, the packet header is interrogated to determine how the packet should be de-compressed and the appropriate de-compression is then used.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080129558 - Method and system for audio codec voice adc processing: Methods and systems for audio CODEC voice ADC processing are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include using a decimating filter that may be enabled to generate 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal from a 26 MHz, 3-level digital input signal. The 13 MHz, 9-level digital output signal may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080129557 - Sampling rate converter with no timing drift and bounded amplitude error: Aspects of a sampling rate converter with no timing drift and with bounded amplitude error are presented. Aspects of the method may include computing an intermediate sum by adding a numerator portion of a fractional conversion ratio to an accumulated time value upon receipt of an input data sample. A... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080129559 - H.264 decoder equipped with multiple operation units and method for decoding compressed image data thereof: Disclosed is an H.264 decoder equipped with multiple operation units, and a method for decoding compressed image data using same. The decoder comprises a plurality of operation units that successively perform a Variable Length Decoding (VLD) operation, an Inverse Transform & DeQuantization (ITDQ) operation, and an intra PREDiction & inter... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080129560 - Method and apparatus for distributed compressed sensing: A method for approximating a plurality of digital signals or images using compressed sensing. In a scheme where a common component xc of said plurality of digital signals or images an innovative component xi of each of said plurality of digital signals each are represented as a vector with m... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, Pllc

20080129561 - Multiplexer for controlling data output sequence and parallel-to-serial converter using the same: Provided are a multiplexer for controlling a data output sequence and a parallel-to-serial converter using the multiplexer. The multiplexer is configured to simply control the output sequence of input data in accordance with a value of a selection signal. The parallel-to-serial converter with the multiplexer can easily control an output... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080129562 - Semiconductor integrated circuit having jitter measuring function: A semiconductor integrated circuit having jitter measuring function includes a slicer (11), a T/V converter (12), an A/D converter (13), a processor (14), a multiplexer (15), and a correction section (16). The slicer (11) binarizes an input signal to generate a data signal. The T/V converter (12) outputs a voltage... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080129563 - Calibration circuit and associated method: A calibration circuit and method suitable for black level calibration in image processing, the circuit comprising an analogue gain amplifier, an analogue to digital converter; a correction circuit for receiving a digital signal and providing a digital offset signal; and a digital to analogue converter for receiving said digital offset... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080129564 - Optical signal processing device for a/d converter including optical encoders with nonlinear loop mirrors: An optically sampling device optically samples an optical analog signal using a sampled signal having a predetermined sampling frequency, and outputs control light having a pulse train of an optically sampled optical analog signal. A signal generating device generates a pulse train of signal light which is synchronized with the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080129565 - Apparatus for and method of sigma-delta modulation: The invention concerns an electronic circuit comprising a sigma-delta modulator (200) and a clock generator (210) which outputs a clock signal (clk(t)) which is suitable for clock control of the sigma-delta modulator (200), wherein the clock generator is adapted to set the clock rate of the clock signal (clk(t)) variably... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080129566 - Digital-analog converter capable of easily extending resolution: There is provided a digital-analog converter capable of easily extending the resolution that can easily extend the resolution by a simple circuit implementation when a 10-bit digital-analog converter is configured on the basis of an 8-bit digital-analog converter used in a display driving IC, and prevent an increase in area... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080129568 - Compressive sampling and signal inference: A transmission mask or coded aperture is used in spectroscopy to compressively sample an optical signal. The locations of transmissive and opaque elements of the mask are determined by a transmission function. The optical signal transmitted by the mask is detected at each sensor of a plurality of sensors dispersed... Agent: Kasha Law Pllc

20080129570 - Correlated double-sampling circuit and cyclic analog-to-digital converter including the same: The invention is directed generally to a correlated double-sampling (CDS) circuit using a smaller number of capacitors than conventional circuits. In embodiments of the invention, a first portion of the CDS circuit uses just two capacitors to sample the reset voltage, amplify the sampled reset voltage, and subtract a first... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080129569 - Mixed-signal filter: One embodiment of the invention includes a mixed-signal filter. The mixed-signal filter comprises an analog signal path configured to process a first analog signal and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the processed first analog signal to a digital signal. The mixed-signal filter also comprises a programmable digital feedback... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080129567 - Multi-bit pipeline analog-to-digital converter capable of altering operating mode: Provided is a multi-bit pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) capable of altering an operating mode. The ADC includes: a sample-and-hold amplifier (SHA) for sampling and holding an input analog voltage; an n+1 number of B-bit flash ADCs for receiving an analog signal and converting the analog signal into a digital signal... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080129571 - Touch control apparatus and analog-to-digital converting apparatus and method thereof: Disclosed are an analog-to-digital converting apparatus, an analog-to-digital converting method and a touch control apparatus adapted to convert a divided voltage generated according to a power voltage and a ground voltage. The analog-to-digital converting apparatus includes a first sample-and-hold circuit for sampling and holding the divided voltage, a second sample-and-hold... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

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20080129573 - Differential input successive approximation analog to digital converter with common mode rejection: A Successive Approximation Routine converter is provided in which a comparator is responsive to an output of a first Digital to Analog Converter, and an output of a second Digital to Analog Converter and to a DAC common mode output reference voltage, and wherein the comparator provides data to a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080129574 - Time-to-digital converter with high resolution and wide measurement range: A time-to-digital converter includes low and high resolution time-to-digital converters for providing both high resolution and wide measurement range. The low resolution time-to-digital converter measures a time difference between first and second signals with a first quantization step. The high resolution time-to-digital converter measures the time difference between the first... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20080129575 - Capacitor averaging converter: A capacitor-averaging pipeline analog-to-digital converter has a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages has a first switched capacitor circuit and a second switched capacitor circuit parallel with the first switched capacitor circuit. A corresponding method is also disclosed.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080129576 - Multi-bit pipeline analog-to-digital converter having merged capacitor switching structure: Provided is a multi-bit pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a merged capacitor switching structure. In a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) used in the multi-bit pipeline ADC, switches are connected between the bottom plates of respective differential capacitors, thereby constantly maintaining a uniform input common mode voltage regardless of an input... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080129577 - Monitoring device for a computing device of a computer system, the computer system, and method for monitoring the computing device of the computer system: A monitoring device for a computing device of a computer system includes a remote control module, and a wireless receiving unit disposed on a computing device. The computing device includes an input/output control unit connected electrically to a central processing unit. The remote control module includes a microprocessor, and a... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080129578 - Buoyant remote control unit for swimming pools and spas: The present disclosure relates to a buoyant remote control unit for swimming pools and spas. The unit includes interconnected front and back shell members having a printed circuit board positioned therebetween with electrical components for remotely controlling a pool or spa accessory. At least one button is overmolded to the... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080129579 - Universal remote control unit: A universal remote control unit for controlling the operation of a plurality of devices such as a cable box, a television, a video device, and an audio device, includes a processor having a plurality of operating modes an and input unit having at least one key having a default function... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080129580 - Video system control interface including intuitive based control elements: The present invention relates to intuitive based control elements and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements. In certain embodiments, machine interfaces such as remote control devices for operation of various devices are provided. More specifically, machine interfaces according to embodiments of the invention herein include one or... Agent: Ralph J. Crispino