Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Continuous synchronization for multiple ADCs
- Patent Title (中): 连续同步多个ADC
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Application No.: US12250437Application Date: 2008-10-13
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Publication No.: US07728753B2Publication Date: 2010-06-01
- Inventor: Robert Callaghan Taft , Heinz Werker , Pier Francese , David Barkin
- Applicant: Robert Callaghan Taft , Heinz Werker , Pier Francese , David Barkin
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: H03M1/34
- IPC: H03M1/34

Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method for continuous synchronization of multiple ADC circuits is described. The ADC circuits can be arranged in a master-slave configuration within the system so that the converter clock is subdivided into slower speeds for the data output clock or for the control of de-multiplexing the outputs onto a wider bus, while maintaining ADC-to-ADC synchronization resilient to perturbations from noise and other upset sources. The configuration of the ADCs in the master-slave configuration can be varied according to overall system requirements in any one of a sequential configuration, a parallel configuration or a tree type of configuration, as well as others. Digital and/or analog timing adjustments can be made to each of the ADC circuits. The master clocking signals can be generated by a master clock generator circuit, which is either internally implemented in an ADC circuit, or externally implemented as a separate master clock generator circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100090876A1 CONTINUOUS SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MULTIPLE ADCS Public/Granted day:2010-04-15
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