Realtek Semiconductor Inc.

Pan Zhang

Shih-Hsiung Huang

Kai-Yin Liu

Chien-Ming Wu

Wei-Jyun Wang

A pipeline analog to digital converter (ADC) includes converter circuitries, a detector circuitry, and a clock generator circuit. The converter circuitries sequentially convert an input signal to be digital codes. One of the converter circuitries includes a sub-ADC circuit and a multiplying digital to analog converter (MDAC) circuit. The sub-ADC circuit performs a quantization according to a first signal to generate a corresponding one of the digital codes, in which the first signal is the input signal or a previous stage residue signal. The MDAC circuit processes the corresponding one of the digital codes in response to a first clock signal, in order to generate a current stage residue signal. The detector circuitry detects whether the quantization is complete, in order to generate a control signal. The clock generator circuit adjusts a timing of the first clock signal according to the control signal.

Pipeline analog to digital converter and timing adjustment method

A control circuit of a pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The pipeline ADC includes a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) which includes a capacitor. The control circuit includes six switches and two buffer circuits. The first and second switches are respectively coupled between one end of the capacitor and the first and second reference voltages. The output terminals of the first and second buffer circuits are respectively coupled to the first and second switches. The input terminal of the first buffer circuit is coupled to the third reference voltage through the third switch, or receives a control signal through the fifth switch. The input terminal of the second buffer circuit is coupled to the fourth reference voltage through the fourth switch, or receives the control signal through the sixth switch. The first and second reference voltages are different, and the first and second switches are not turned on simultaneously.

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