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- Patent Title: Successive approximation analog to digital converter with a direct switching technique for capacitor array through comparator output and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 通过比较器输出的电容器阵列的直接开关技术的逐次逼近模数转换器及其方法
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Application No.: US13272110Application Date: 2011-10-12
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Publication No.: US08477058B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Soon-Jyh Chang , Guan-Ying Huang , Chung-Ming Huang
- Applicant: Soon-Jyh Chang , Guan-Ying Huang , Chung-Ming Huang
- Applicant Address: TW Tainan TW Tainan
- Assignee: NCKU Research and Development Foundation,Himax Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee: NCKU Research and Development Foundation,Himax Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tainan TW Tainan
- Agency: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/34
- IPC: H03M1/34

Abstract:
A method for a successive approximation register ADC which includes at least one capacitor array and a plurality of switches is provided, in which the capacitors of the capacitor array are one-to-one corresponding to the switches. The method includes the following steps: firstly, at least one multiplexer is configured. Then, a first comparison voltage is outputted based on the terminal voltages on the terminals of the capacitor array, and a comparison result is outputted according to the first comparison voltage and a second comparison voltage. Afterwards, a sequence of comparisons is controlled based on the comparison result to enter into a sequence of comparison phases. Finally, the switches are orderly selected, by the multiplexer based on the comparison phases, to switch directly according to the comparison result.
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