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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Sheng-Yen Shih, Hsinchu, TW;

Shih-Hsiung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Chang Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/46 (2006.01); H03M 1/40 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/466 (2013.01); H03M 1/403 (2013.01); H03M 1/462 (2013.01); H03M 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control circuit for a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC). The SAR ADC includes a comparator and a switched-capacitor digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The switched-capacitor DAC includes a target capacitor. A first terminal of the target capacitor is coupled to an input terminal of the comparator. A second terminal of the target capacitor is coupled to a first reference voltage through a first switch and coupled to a second reference voltage through a second switch. The control circuit includes a third switch and a buffer circuit. The third switch is coupled between the first reference voltage and the second terminal of the target capacitor. The buffer circuit is coupled to the first switch and the third switch for controlling the first switch and the third switch based on a control signal.


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