Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage controlled oscillator based analog-to-digital converter including a maximum length sequence generator
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Application No.: US16526346Application Date: 2019-07-30
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Publication No.: US10886930B1Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Cesare Buffa , Luis Hernandez-Corporales , Carlos Andres Perez Cruz , Andres Quintero Alonso , Andreas Wiesbauer
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03K23/54 ; H03K3/03

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter includes a ring oscillator having an input for receiving an analog signal, a coarse counter including a maximum length sequence generator having an input coupled to the output of the ring oscillator, a fine counter including a Johnson counter having an input coupled to the output of the ring oscillator, and a difference generator having a first input coupled to the output of the coarse counter, a second input coupled to the output of the fine counter, and an output for providing a digital signal corresponding to the analog signal.
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