Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sampling network with dynamic voltage detector for delay output
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Application No.: US17131981Application Date: 2020-12-23
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Publication No.: US11309903B1Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Eeshan Miglani , Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota , Jagannathan Venkataraman
- 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 Mark Allen Valetti; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03M1/56
- IPC: H03M1/56 ; H03M1/06 ; H03M1/50 ; H03M1/38

Abstract:
A dynamic voltage-to-delay device may have voltage lines for receiving input signals during reset phases, and a current source, connected to the first and second voltage lines, for increasing voltages on the voltage lines during active phases. The voltage-to-delay device may also have comparators, connected to the voltage lines, for generating first and second output signals during the active phases when the voltages on the voltage lines reach a threshold voltage, such that a delay between the output signals is representative of a difference between voltages of the input signals. The voltage-to-delay device may have at least two current sources. The comparators may have a tail node to which a voltage is applied during a reset phase, and a current source for reducing the voltage at the tail node, and thereby reducing a threshold voltage during an active phase.
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