Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stable low-power analog-to-digital converter (ADC) reference voltage
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Application No.: US17342526Application Date: 2021-06-08
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Publication No.: US11632122B2Publication Date: 2023-04-18
- Inventor: Christopher A. Menkus , Robert W. Kim
- Applicant: AyDeeKay LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: AyDeeKay LLC
- Current Assignee: AyDeeKay LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agent Steven Stupp
- Main IPC: H03M1/38
- IPC: H03M1/38 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
A conversion circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion is described. During operation, the conversion circuit receives an input signal. Then, the conversion circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion and provides a quantized output corresponding to the input signal based at least in part on a first power-supply voltage and a second power-supply voltage of the conversion circuit. For example, the quantized output may be based at least in part on a comparison of the input signal to the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage. Moreover, the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage may specify a full-scale range of the conversion circuit. When the full-scale range exceeds a second full-scale range associated with reference voltages that are other than the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage, the quantized output may correspond to a larger number of bits than when the full-scale range equals the second full-scale range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220216880A1 Stable Low-Power Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) Reference Voltage Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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