Patents Represented by Attorney C. C. Krawceyk
  • Patent number: 4897655
    Abstract: There is disclosed a high-speed decoding apparatus for use in a flash-type analog-to-digital converter. The apparatus disclosed employs an OR gate which follows an AND gate which AND gate is conventionally employed in a comparator associated with such a converter. The OR gate functions to block any dynamic movement of the unknown input voltage from being transferred to the decode lines of the analog-to-digital converter. To further gain speed, autozeroed inverters are coupled to the output of the OR gate to further assure that the decoder lines are rapidly driven to therefore gain an extra advantage in high-speed operation of the converter employing the apparatus as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Harris Semiconductor Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Zazzu, Stanley F. Wietecha, Mandel Glincman