Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Successive-approximation analog-to-digital converters
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Application No.: US18138338Application Date: 2023-04-24
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Publication No.: US12088316B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Abdullah Serdar Yonar , Pier Andrea Francese , Marcel A. Kossel
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Peter J. Edwards
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/10 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
A successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter includes a sampling circuit for sampling an analog input signal to acquire a sampled voltage, and a regenerative comparator for comparing the sampled voltage with a succession of reference voltages to generate, for each reference voltage, a decision bit indicating the comparison result. The converter also includes a digital-to-analog converter which is adapted to generate the succession of reference voltages, in dependence on successive comparison results in the comparator, to progressively approximate the sampled voltage. The regenerative comparator comprises an integration circuit for generating output signals defining the decision bits, and a plurality of regeneration circuits for receiving these output signals. The regeneration circuits are operable, in response to respective control signals, to store respective decision bits defined by successive output signals from the integration circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230261665A1 SUCCESSIVE-APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2023-08-17
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