- Patent Title: Analog to digital converter with digital reference voltage signal
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Application No.: US15089912Application Date: 2016-04-04
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Publication No.: US09602120B1Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Jean-Olivier Plouchart , Vanessa H-C Chen
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00 ; H03M1/10 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/08

Abstract:
An analog to digital converter contain a plurality of comparators, each having a plurality of positive input voltage transistors and a plurality of negative input voltage transistors. Each positive input transistor is in communication with a positive input voltage, and each negative input transistor is in communication with a negative input voltage. Each comparator is configured to adjust a positive reference voltage and a negative reference voltage used to generate a binary comparator output for each comparator indicating a result of a comparison between a voltage differential defined by the positive input voltage and the negative input voltage and a unique voltage range indicated by a unique digital reference signal communicated to each comparator.
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