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- Patent Title: ADC apparatus and control method
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Application No.: US17644589Application Date: 2021-12-16
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Publication No.: US11722143B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Lijie Zhao , Kien Chan Vi , Hai Tao
- Applicant: Halo Microelectronics International
- Applicant Address: US CA Campbell
- Assignee: Halo Microelectronics International
- Current Assignee: Halo Microelectronics International
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Campbell
- Agency: AP3 Law Firm PLLC
- Agent Li Li
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/20 ; H03M1/46 ; H03M1/40

Abstract:
A method of converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal includes adding a digitally controlled offset voltage into a comparison stage of a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter circuit, wherein the digitally controlled offset voltage has a periodic pattern including at least 2(K+1) steps, each of which has a value equal to an integer multiplying 2(−K) of an analog voltage corresponding to a least significant bit (LSB) of an N-bit digital signal, operating the successive approximation analog-to-digital converter circuit to sequentially generate at least a 2(K+1) number of N-bit digital signals based on the at least 2(K+1) steps of the digitally controlled offset voltage, summing the at least the 2(K+1) number of N-bit digital signals to obtain a summing result, and dividing the summing result through a divider block to obtain a digital signal having (N+K) bits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220247419A1 ADC Apparatus and Control Method Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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