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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2019
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Hua-Chun Tseng, Jhubei, TW;
Tu-Hsiu Wang, New Taipei, TW;
NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Abstract
A successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes an analog circuit and a digital control circuit. The digital control circuit is coupled to the analog circuit. The digital control circuit includes a calibration circuit, a memory device, and an asynchronous control circuit. The calibration circuit is configured to perform a calibration operation. The memory device is coupled to the calibration circuit and stores calibration information generated by performing the calibration operation. The asynchronous control circuit is coupled to the memory device, and reads the calibration information from the memory device in an asynchronous control mode. In the asynchronous control mode, before the asynchronous control circuit performs the operations of the SAR ADC, the asynchronous control circuit removes the non-idea effects of the SAR ADC according to the calibration information.