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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Cesare Buffa, Villach, AT;
Luis Hernandez-Corporales, Madrid, ES;
Carlos Andres Perez Cruz, Santa Cruz del Retamar, ES;
Andres Quintero Alonso, Leganés, ES;
Andreas Wiesbauer, Poertschach, AT;
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter includes a ring oscillator having an input for receiving an analog signal, a coarse counter including a maximum length sequence generator having an input coupled to the output of the ring oscillator, a fine counter including a Johnson counter having an input coupled to the output of the ring oscillator, and a difference generator having a first input coupled to the output of the coarse counter, a second input coupled to the output of the fine counter, and an output for providing a digital signal corresponding to the analog signal.