Intel 87C196CB Linearity errors, Maskable interrupts, Monotonic, Channel FET, Type material

	GLOSSARY
ISR	See interrupt service routine.
linearity errors	See differential nonlinearity and nonlinearity.
LONG-INTEGER	A 32-bit, signed variable with values from –2 31
	through +231–1.
LSB	1) Least-significant bit of a byte or least-significant
	byte of a word.
	2) In an A/D converter, the reference voltage divided
	by 2n, where n is the number of bits to be converted.
	For a 10-bit converter with a reference voltage of 5.12
	volts, one LSB is equal to 5.0 millivolts (5.12 ÷ 210).
maskable interrupts	All interrupts except unimplemented opcode,
	software trap, and NMI. Maskable interrupts can be
	disabled (masked) by the individual mask bits in the
	interrupt mask registers, and their servicing can be
	disabled by the global interrupt enable bit. Each
	maskable interrupt can be assigned to the PTS for
	processing.
monotonic	The property of successive approximation converters
	which guarantees that increasing input voltages
	produce adjacent codes of increasing value, and that
	decreasing input voltages produce adjacent codes of
	decreasing value. (In other words, a converter is
	monotonic if every code change represents an input
	voltage change in the same direction.) Large differ-
	ential nonlinearity errors can cause the converter to
	exhibit nonmonotonic behavior.
MSB	Most-significant bit of a byte or most-significant byte
	of a word.
n-channel FET	A field-effect transistor with an n-type conducting
	path (channel).
n-type material	Semiconductor material with introduced impurities
	(doping) causing it to have an excess of negatively
	charged carriers.
no missing codes	An A/D converter has no missing codes if, for every
	output code, there is a unique input voltage range
	which produces that code only. Large differential
	nonlinearity errors can cause the converter to miss
	codes.
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