Analog to digital converter assembly for normalizing servo error signals and multiplexing reference voltage inputs and digital outputs and improved optical drive system including same

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PATENT NO 6418097
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08476527

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An analog to digital circuit assembly includes a circuit for multiplexing a reference voltage input of an analog to digital converter to produce alternating normalized and referenced digital outputs of an analog signal input at a rate controlled by a sampling clock which includes a switch including first and second inputs, an output, and a control input for alternately connecting the first and the second inputs to the output, the output being applied to the reference voltage input. An information detection device having a detection output and a servo mechanism that controls operations on detected information is provided in conjunction with a signal summing circuit, a direct current voltage reference, a control clock connected, a servo error signal circuit having a servo error signal output and input, a sampling clock, and a processing circuit having an input connected to a digital output of the analog to digital converter and an output for controlling the servo mechanism. The analog to digital circuit assembly is also implemented in an optical disc system for improved operation thereof.

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DISCOVISION ASSOCIATESIRVINE CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crupper, Randolph Scott Palmer Lake, CO 4 36
Davis, Marvin B Colorado Springs, CO 20 413
Getreuer, Kurt W Colorado Springs, CO 29 680
Grassens, Leonardus I Monument, CO 2 15
Lewis, David E Black Forest, CO 54 742
Schell, David L Colorado Springs, CO 34 962

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