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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Rishi Soundararajan, Bengaluru, IN;
Visvesvaraya Pentakota, Bengaluru, IN;
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An analog to digital converter (ADC) comprising: a delay circuit having a complementary signal output; a first comparator having an input coupled to the complementary signal output of the delay circuit, the first comparator having a first output and a second output; a first dummy comparator having a first dummy input coupled to the first output and a second dummy input coupled to the second output, the first dummy comparator having a dummy output; a first interpolation comparator having an interpolation output and a first interpolation input coupled to the first output; a second dummy comparator having an input coupled to the interpolation output; and a second interpolation comparator having a second interpolation input and a third interpolation input, the second interpolation input coupled to the interpolation output and the third interpolation input coupled to the dummy output.