ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,624, issued on July 7, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).
"Self-calibrating delay line flash ADC and tracking circuitry" was invented by Sujata Sen (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Luca Petruzzi (El Segundo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus as discussed herein can be configured to include a delay line analog-to-digital converter operable to convert an analog error voltage into a digital error voltage signal. Additionally, the apparatus can be configured to include an integrator function as well as a digital to analog converter. The integrator function is operable to produce a digital val...