US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on May 5 for "Conversion start-up of an analog-to-digital converter within an integrated circuit" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,999, issued on May 5, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Conversion start-up of an analog-to-digital converter within an integrated circuit" was invented by Sandrine Ollivry (St Maxim la St Baume, France) and Jean-Francois Link (Trets, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analog-to-digital converter is clocked by a converter clock signal. A first clock signal has a frequency multiple of the frequency of the converter clock signal. A timer, which is clocked with the rhythm of the first clock signal, has a timing period multiple of the period of the converter clock signal. A processor is configured to co...