Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for correcting setting error in an MDAC amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 用于校正MDAC放大器设置误差的装置
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Application No.: US12645220Application Date: 2009-12-22
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Publication No.: US07969334B2Publication Date: 2011-06-28
- Inventor: Ganesh Kiran , Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota
- Applicant: Ganesh Kiran , Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John J. Patti; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06

Abstract:
Multiplying digital-to-analog converters (MDACs), which are generally employed in pipelined analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), can have a settling error associated with the MDAC amplifier. Here, a circuit is provided that includes additional amplifiers and a capacitor network that compensates for this settling error. Thus, a more accurate pipelined ADC can now be produced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110102216A1 APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SETTING ERROR IN AN MDAC AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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