Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuits and methods for reducing charge losses in switched capacitor analog to digital converters
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Application No.: US16891011Application Date: 2020-06-02
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Publication No.: US11038519B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Paul Stulik
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/46 ; H03M1/80

Abstract:
Circuits and methods for minimizing charge losses due to negative transient voltage at summing terminals of an analog to digital converter (ADC) are disclosed. The ADC is coupled to a multi-bit digital to analog converter (DAC) at the summing terminals. The ADC and the DAC include PMOS and NMOS transistors whose timing are controlled to reduce charge losses. The PMOS transistors are turned ON before the NMOS transistors. Also, the PMOS transistor of the ADC is turned ON at a slower rate than the PMOS transistors of the DAC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210126645A1 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CHARGE LOSSES IN SWITCHED CAPACITOR ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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