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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Ipgreat Incorporated, Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventor:
Yuan-Ju Chao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
IPGREAT INCORPORATED, Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/002 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/45 (2013.01); H03G 3/30 (2013.01); H03M 1/1014 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45151 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45156 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of incorporating Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) function into pipelined ADC for wide input range. The power consumption is saved without adding extra stage to reduce input range. The ADC input range can be adjusted on the fly using resistor bank and capacitor bank to achieve optimal system performance.