PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983764
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["341", "122000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of a method and apparatus for converting an analog input value to a digital output code are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter, a comparator, and control logic circuitry. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to generate an analog reference value based on a received digital reference value. The comparator is configured to compare an analog input value to the analog reference value after expiration of an allotted settling time for the digital-to-analog converter and generate a comparison result indicative a relationship between the analog input value and the analog reference value. The control logic circuitry is configured to select the allotted settling time for the digital-to-analog converter based on a bit position of a digital output code to be determined, and update the bit position of the digital output code based on the comparison result.

Claim (Index 4):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein said allotting comprises adjusting a time constant for an RC circuit of a timer that tracks the time allotted to the digital-to-analog converter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69091
- Patent Class: 341.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14738143', '14261870', '15617515', '15149827', '14558004']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6331028715787689
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5286901404366167
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6226615984645536
- Mean Citation Score: 286.615106
- Max Citation Score: 329.7488
- Similarity Product: 268.9593290277481

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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