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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Joan Wichard Strijker, Wijchen, NL;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/0604 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments relate to a single slope analog to digital converter (ADC), including: a voltage slope generator configured to generate a voltage slope based upon a fixed current and variable current; an analog comparator configured to compare a voltage to a voltage output from the voltage slope generator; a first register configured to store a first count based upon a reference voltage being input into the analog comparator; a second register configured to store a second count based upon an input voltage being input into the analog comparator, wherein the input voltage is the voltage to be converted to a digital value by the ADC; and a digital to analog converter (DAC) configured to produce a slope trim signal based upon the voltage slope output by the voltage slope generator, the first count, and a count target associated with the voltage reference, wherein the variable current in the voltage slope generator is based upon the slope trim signal.


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