Patents by Inventor Norman B. Bernstein

Norman B. Bernstein 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: 4460891
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter operable in sequential phases and including a main digital-to-analog converter (DAC) controlled by a successive-approximation-register to develop a first digital signal representing a first approximation of the analog input signal. In subsequent phases, the residual difference between the anolog input signal and the output of the main DAC is converted to a second digital signal representing the proportion which the residual signal bears to the difference between the first analog output of the main DAC and a second analog output of that DAC after it has been incremented by one least-significant-bit beyond the first DAC input developed in the successive-approximation phase. This proportioning operation is in one embodiment performed by a multiplying A-to-D converter, and in other embodiments is performed by an interpolation DAC. Microcomputer control of the various operations is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Incorporated
    Inventor: Norman B. Bernstein