Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator error suppression
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Application No.: US15801963Application Date: 2017-11-02
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Publication No.: US10720933B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Hongxing Li
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/08 ; H03H17/04 ; H03K5/22 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
Comparator input noise or offset suppression can include an error detector circuit that can operate in a feedback loop, such as during an autozero phase. The error detector circuit can include a time-varying filter response to improve accuracy and convergence time. The comparator can be used in a successive approximation routine (SAR) or other analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit, such as to control a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), such as can be used to adjust a tuning circuit within the comparator to compensate for noise or offset. The DAC can be combined with a DAC used for carrying out SAR bit-trials or bit decisions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190131988A1 COMPARATOR ERROR SUPPRESSION Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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