ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,150, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for testing an analog-to-digital converter unit having delta-sigma modulation" was invented by Rudolf Ritter (Esslingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for testing an analog-to-digital converter unit, which is equipped to convert an analog input signal into a digital output signal with the aid of delta-sigma modulation. The method includes: generating an analog input signal; applying a predefined interference signal to the analog input signal and storing the resulting digital output signal as test result; determining that a fault ...