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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

May. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Srikanth Jagannathan, Austin, TX (US);

Christopher James Micielli, Royal Oak, MI (US);

George Rogers Kunnen, Chandler, AZ (US);

Carl Culshaw, Wigan, GB;

Assignee:

NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01); H03M 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/002 (2013.01); H03M 1/007 (2013.01); H03M 1/144 (2013.01); H03M 1/468 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit includes a first external terminal, a first lower resolution analog-to-digital converter (LRADC) coupled to the external terminal and configured to perform a first conversion of an analog signal received at the external terminal to a digital value, and a higher resolution analog-to-digital converter (HRADC). The HRADC is configured to selectively receive the analog signal from the first external terminal based on the digital value. When the digital value outputted by the first LRADC indicates a change in value of the received analog signal, the HRADC is provided with the analog signal and performs a second conversion of the analog signal to a second digital value. The first LRADC has a lower conversion resolution as compared to the HRADC.


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