MINIMAL-ENERGY UP/DOWN COUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTREMELY LOW-POWER APPLICATIONS

An integrated circuit counter includes a segmented thermometer coding counter architecture that reaches the thermodynamic energy minimum for a forward/reverse counting operation, requiring only one write or one erase operation per count so that energy consumption can be minimized, and circuit endura...

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Hauptverfasser:	Kerwin David B, Zanchi Alfio
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING MEASURING MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE PHYSICS TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An integrated circuit counter includes a segmented thermometer coding counter architecture that reaches the thermodynamic energy minimum for a forward/reverse counting operation, requiring only one write or one erase operation per count so that energy consumption can be minimized, and circuit endurance maximized.