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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Aram Akhavan, San Diego, CA (US);
Seyed Arash Mirhaj, Poway, CA (US);
Lei Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Elias Dagher, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for analog-to-digital conversion. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a reference-crossing detector having an input and an output. The ADC also includes a ramp generator coupled between the output of the reference-crossing detector and the input of the reference-crossing detector. The ADC further includes a voltage shifter coupled between the output of the reference-crossing detector and the input of the reference-crossing detector.