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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/46 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example apparatus for converting a plurality of analog signals to a plurality of digital signals includes: a plurality of successive approximation (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) each including a first input configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of analog signals, a second input configured to receive a reference signal, and an output configured to provide a respective one of the plurality of digital signals; and a shared cycle LSB generator coupled to the plurality of SAR ADCs and configured to provide the reference signal shared by the plurality of SAR ADCs.