Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120169375 | PROGRAMMABLE PULSE WIDTH DISCRIMINATOR - Disclosed is a programmable pulse width discriminator circuit operable to receive a set of parameters from a user and indicate when an input signal satisfies conditions set by the user-defined parameters. The input signal is sampled by the pulse width discriminator circuit to detect a desired state of the input signal. The user may set the parameters such that the pulse width discriminator indicates the condition wherein the number of consecutive samples for which the input signal is the desired state is (i) greater than a first threshold value, (ii) less than a second threshold value, or (iii) between the first and second threshold values. In these embodiments, the user sets the first and second threshold values and selects which set of conditions are indicated by the output of the circuit. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169376 | DEGLITCHER WITH PROGRAMMABLE HYSTERESIS - Disclosed is a deglitcher circuit having a programmable hysteresis. The deglitcher samples a received input signal, wherein the input signal may include one or more glitches. Responsive to a change in state of the sampled input signal, the deglitcher counts the number of samples of the changed state of the input signal. The count value increments with each sampled changed state, and decrements with each sampled original state of the input signal. When the count value reaches a threshold, the state of the output signal is changed. The output signal of the disclosed deglitcher circuit provides an accurate, glitch-free reconstruction of the sampled input signal. Additionally, the disclosed deglitcher circuit reduces the number of memory elements required for a given number of samples of the input signal, thereby allowing for a larger number of samples to be taken without necessarily having to increase the memory elements required by the deglitcher. | 07-05-2012 |
20130176057 | PROGRAMMABLE PULSE WIDTH DISCRIMINATOR - Disclosed is a programmable pulse width discriminator circuit operable to receive a set of parameters from a user and indicate when an input signal satisfies conditions set by the user-defined parameters. The input signal is sampled by the pulse width discriminator circuit to detect a desired state of the input signal. The user may set the parameters such that the pulse width discriminator indicates the condition wherein the number of consecutive samples for which the input signal is the desired state is (i) greater than a first threshold value, (ii) less than a second threshold value, or (iii) between the first and second threshold values. In these embodiments, the user sets the first and second threshold values and selects which set of conditions are indicated by the output of the circuit. | 07-11-2013 |