Patent №
US 7,203,613
Granted
2007-04-10
Filed 2004
Owner
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10830881
An analog debugging block of an integrated circuit includes a multiplexor, a buffer, and a voltage-controlled oscillator. An analog voltage signal-of-interest is selectively passed through the multiplexor to the buffer. The buffer outputs an analog control voltage dependent on the selected analog voltage signal-of-interest. The analog control voltage serves as an input to the voltage-controlled oscillator and is used to control a frequency of a digital output signal generated from the voltage-controlled oscillator. The digital output signal from the voltage-controlled oscillator is driven off-chip, whereupon a frequency of the digital output signal is determined and compared against a collection of known frequencies that correspond to particular known voltages of the analog voltage signal-of-interest, thereby resulting in a determination of the value of the selected analog voltage signal-of-interest.
AI classification
Ownership
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
assignment · 156100654
Assignors
YEE, GIN S., GAUTHIER, CLAUDE R.
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