Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog to digital converter with increased sub-range resolution
- Patent Title (中): 具有增加子范围分辨率的模数转换器
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Application No.: US13246308Application Date: 2011-09-27
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Publication No.: US08483291B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Keith Findlater , Seyed A A Danesh , Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz
- Applicant: Keith Findlater , Seyed A A Danesh , Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Bruce E. Garlick
- Main IPC: H04B3/00
- IPC: H04B3/00

Abstract:
An analog to digital converter with increased sub-range resolution and method for using the analog to digital converter is described herein. The device includes an analog front end that produces an analog communication signal, a digital front end that receives a digital communication signal, and an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) that samples the analog communication signal across a full-range. The ADC includes a plurality of sub-range ADCs, each sub-range ADC measuring the analog communication signal across at least one respective sub-range of the full-range, the plurality of sub-ranges extending across the full-range, a central sub-range ADC having greater quantization accuracy than at least one other sub-range ADC. The ADC also includes signal combining circuitry operable to process outputs of the plurality of sub-range ADCs to create the digital communication signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130003873A1 ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH INCREASED SUB-RANGE RESOLUTION Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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