Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog to digital converter with offset-adjustable comparators
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Application No.: US16556770Application Date: 2019-08-30
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Publication No.: US10826513B1Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Chung-Ming Yang , Tai-Haur Kuo
- Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: TW Tainan
- Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
- Current Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tainan
- Agency: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03K5/24 ; H03M1/10

Abstract:
An analog to digital converter includes a coarse ADC circuit composed of L offset-adjustable comparators and a fine ADC circuit composed of M offset-adjustable comparators. Each offset-adjustable comparator in the coarse ADC circuit has a constant embedded offset. Each offset-adjustable comparator in the fine ADC circuit has an adaptive embedded offset digitally determined by outputs of the coarse ADC circuit. With the constant and adaptive embedded offsets, the analog to digital converter requires no resistor ladder. Therefore, power consumption and area of the analog to digital converter is reduced, and faster conversion speed is achieved.
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