Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Analog to digital conversion
Reexamination Certificate
2010-05-07
2011-11-29
Mai, Lam T (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Analog to digital conversion
C382S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08068046
ABSTRACT:
Methods for reading a data location coupled to an electrical conductor. A counter receives a signal from an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the electrical conductor. The counter produces two or more counts, and in some embodiments, the counts are based in part on a variable reference voltage. An interfuser may be coupled to an output of the counter. The interfuser receives the two or more counts from the counter and reads data conveyed by the data location based on the two or more counts.
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Yoder Fletcher
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