Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-power area-efficient SAR ADC using dual capacitor arrays
- Patent Title (中): 低功率面积效率的SAR ADC采用双电容阵列
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Application No.: US13393685Application Date: 2010-08-31
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Publication No.: US08797204B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Euisik Yoon , Sun-Il Chang
- Applicant: Euisik Yoon , Sun-Il Chang
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2010/047218 WO 20100831
- International Announcement: WO2011/028674 WO 20110310
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/44 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
An analog to digital converter that comprises a successive approximation register (SAR) having an n bit binary output, a first capacitor array connected to receive some of the bits of the binary output, a second capacitor array connected to receive the remaining bits of the binary output, and a comparator including an output connected to the SAR. The first and second capacitor arrays each have an analog output indicative of the charge stored by capacitors of that array. The comparator includes a pair of inputs, one of which is connected to the analog output of the first capacitor array and the other of which is connected to the analog output of the second capacitor array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120218137A1 LOW-POWER AREA-EFFICIENT SAR ADC USING DUAL CAPACITOR ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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