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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Liang-Huan Lei, Kaohsiung, TW;

Shih-Hsiung Huang, Miaoli County, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/462 (2013.01); H03M 1/466 (2013.01);
Abstract

A successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a method of operating the SAR ADC are provided. The SAR ADC converts an analog input signal into a digital code and includes a switch-capacitor digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and the switch-capacitor DAC includes multiple capacitors. The method includes the steps of: switching terminal voltage(s) of at least one target capacitor among the capacitors according to a data in a sampling phase; sampling the analog input signal in the sampling phase; switching the terminal voltage(s) of the at least one target capacitor after the sampling phase; comparing the outputs of the switch-capacitor DAC to obtain multiple comparison results that constitute the digital code; and switching the terminal voltages of a part of the capacitors according to the comparison results.


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Lei, Liang-Huan. (2020). Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and operation method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 10693487). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10693487

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