Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator and pipelined ADC utilizing the same
- Patent Title (中): 比较器和流水线ADC使用相同
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Application No.: US12275352Application Date: 2008-11-21
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Publication No.: US07847601B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Yu-Kai Chou
- Applicant: Yu-Kai Chou
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
- Current Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley
- Main IPC: G11C27/02
- IPC: G11C27/02 ; H03M1/34

Abstract:
A comparator includes a plurality of switches, a capacitor, an amplifier, and a latch. The switches provide an input signal during a first period and provide a reference signal during a second period. A first switch among the switches is composed of a first transistor. The capacitor receives the input signal during the first period and receives the reference signal during the second period. The amplifier is coupled to the capacitor for receiving a difference voltage between the input signal and the reference signal and amplifies the difference voltage during the second period to generate an amplified result. The determining circuit provides a digital signal according to the amplified result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100127910A1 COMPARATOR AND PIPELINED ADC UTLIZING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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