Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods of low offset switched capacitor comparators
- Patent Title (中): 低失调开关电容比较器的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12729066Application Date: 2010-03-22
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Publication No.: US08134401B2Publication Date: 2012-03-13
- Inventor: Bradford Lawrence Hunter , Wallace Edward Matthews
- Applicant: Bradford Lawrence Hunter , Wallace Edward Matthews
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorported
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorported
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Alan A. R. Cooper; Wade James Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06F7/64
- IPC: G06F7/64 ; G06G7/18 ; G06G7/19

Abstract:
The disclosed systems and methods of low offset switched capacitor comparator reduce settling errors. The system operates in two major phases. During a first phase, the input voltage is sampled on the input capacitors and a differential amplifier is configured in a unity gain configuration to sample the amplifier offset. During the second phase, the input voltage difference is amplified at the output of the comparator. The amplifier transient sampling error is reduced by shorting the outputs of the differential amplifier for a shorting period at the start of the second phase. A clocked comparator at the output of the differential amplifier provides a fast comparison using internal positive feedback. The differential amplifier should have developed sufficient differential output voltage to overcome the offset of the clocked comparator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110089977A1 Systems and Methods of Low Offset Switched Capacitor Comparators Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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