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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Inventor:

Jesper Steensgaard-Madsen, Sequim, WA (US);

Assignee:

ANALOG DEVICES INC., Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/466 (2013.01); H03M 1/1245 (2013.01);
Abstract

Herein disclosed is an example analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and methods that may be performed by the ADC. The ADC may derive a first code that approximates a combination of an analog input value of the ADC and a dither value for the ADC sampled on a capacitor array. The ADC may further derive a second code to represent a residue of the combination with respect to the first code applied to the capacitor array. The ADC may combine the numerical value of the first code and the numerical value of the second code to produce a combined code applied to the capacitor array for deriving a digital output code. Combining the numerical value of the first code and the numerical value of the second code in the digital domain can provide for greater analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion linearity.


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