Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Toliver

Christopher M. Toliver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6853258
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a comparator and a variable voltage element. The comparator has a first input set to a reference voltage, a second input, and an output configured to produce an output voltage as a function of the voltages at the first and second inputs. The variable voltage element delivers to the second input a second voltage that is a function of a switched current. The switched current is a function of the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Toliver, Stephen T. English, Eric G. Nestler
  • Publication number: 20030155985
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a comparator and a variable voltage element. The comparator has a first input set to a reference voltage, a second input, and an output configured to produce an output voltage as a function of the voltages at the first and second inputs. The variable voltage element delivers to the second input a second voltage that is a function of a switched current. The switched current is a function of the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher M. Toliver, Stephen T. English, Eric G. Nestler
  • Patent number: 6593865
    Abstract: A multiplexed signal processor is described as having an input circuit for receiving multiple input signals. A modulator processes a selected input signal to produce a representative digital output. The modulator includes an integrator that integrates the difference between the selected input signal and a feedback signal representative of the digital output. A signal control circuit selects in turn by time division multiplexing each input signal for a processing period as the selected input signal, and stores the digital output and the integrator state at the end of each processing period. After an initial processing period for each input signal, each processing period begins based on the digital output and the integrator state from the end of the previous processing period for that input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric G. Nestler, Christopher M. Toliver
  • Publication number: 20030034908
    Abstract: A multiplexed signal processor is described as having an input circuit for receiving multiple input signals. A modulator processes a selected input signal to produce a representative digital output. The modulator includes an integrator that integrates the difference between the selected input signal and a feedback signal representative of the digital output. A signal control circuit selects in turn by time division multiplexing each input signal for a processing period as the selected input signal, and stores the digital output and the integrator state at the end of each processing period. After an initial processing period for each input signal, each processing period begins based on the digital output and the integrator state from the end of the previous processing period for that input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Eric G. Nestler, Christopher M. Toliver