Patent ID: 7626530

Claim:
A system that enables a minimum transistor circuit to process analog signals comprising: a micro electromechanical oscillating signal source for generating a linearly varying oscillating signal; an analog signal generator coupled to the micro electromechanical oscillating signal source, the analog signal generator being configured to convert the linearly varying oscillating signal to an electrical analog signal; a minimum transistor circuit having an input for receiving the electrical analog signal; a switch that selectively couples the electrical analog signal to the input of the minimum transistor circuit, the minimum transistor circuit being configured to process the electrical analog signal and generate digital output values; an error detection circuit coupled to the minimum transistor circuit to detect non-linearity errors in the digital output values; and a linearity compensation circuit coupled to the error detection circuit, the linearity correction circuit being configured to generate compensation values for correcting the non-linearity errors detected by the error detection circuit.