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- Patent Title: System and method for analog-to-digital signal conversion
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Application No.: US17563635Application Date: 2021-12-28
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Publication No.: US11750206B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Ming Ding , Martijn Timmermans , Pieter Harpe
- Applicant: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Current Assignee: Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: EP 150013 2021.01.04
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10

Abstract:
Example embodiments relate to systems and methods for analog-to-digital signal conversion. One embodiment includes a system for analog-to-digital signal conversion. The system includes an analog input signal. The system also includes a digital-to-analog converter configured to generate a reference signal. Further, the system includes an amplifier configured to amplify an error signal that includes a difference between the analog input signal and the reference signal. Additionally, the system includes a level-crossing based sampling circuit that includes a first comparator configured to compare the error signal with respect to a first reference level, and a second comparator configured to compare the error signal with respect to a second reference level, thereby generating event-based reset signals corresponding to a plurality of sampling instances in order to reset the digital-to-analog converter. Yet further, the system includes a trigger circuit configured to generate reset signals asynchronous to the event-based reset signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220216879A1 System and Method for Analog-to-Digital Signal Conversion Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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