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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Avnera Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jianping Wen, Beaverton, OR (US);
Garry Link, Pacific City, OR (US);
Wai Laing Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Avnera Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A system can include an analog input port; a digital output port; and a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC can include a voltage comparator Vhaving a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors C:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; a second plurality of capacitors C:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; and a SAR controller coupled between the output of the voltage comparator Vand the digital output port.