Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sequentially configured analog to digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 顺序配置的模数转换器
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Application No.: US12949507Application Date: 2010-11-18
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Publication No.: US08232905B2Publication Date: 2012-07-31
- Inventor: Jesper Steensgaard-Madsen
- Applicant: Jesper Steensgaard-Madsen
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system and method. The ADC system includes a digital control circuit, an amplifier, a capacitor, and an evaluation circuit. The digital control circuit is configured to sequentially configure the ADC system in a first configuration and a second configuration to derive a digital representation of an analog signal value. The amplifier circuit includes an amplifier input terminal and an amplifier output terminal. The capacitor has a first capacitor terminal coupled to the amplifier input terminal in the first and second configurations of the ADC system. The capacitor further has a second capacitor terminal coupled to the amplifier output terminal in the first configuration of the ADC system. The evaluation circuit is configured to provide a first digital code to represent a first voltage level at the amplifier output terminal in the first configuration of the ADC system. The second capacitor terminal in the second configuration of the ADC system is coupled to a reference voltage potential selected according to the first digital code.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110115661A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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