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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Xmems Labs, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jemm Yue Liang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hsi-Sheng Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
xMEMS Labs, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a comparator, a threshold generator and a controller. The comparator receives an analog signal and the SAR ADC outputs an output codeword. The comparator performs a plurality of first comparisons and a plurality of second comparisons. The controller determines a plurality of most significant bits of the output codeword according to a plurality of first comparison results corresponding to the first comparisons. The first comparisons are performed by comparing the analog signal with a plurality of first thresholds. The controller determines a plurality of least significant bits of the output codeword according to a plurality of second comparison results corresponding to the second comparisons. The second comparisons are performed by comparing the analog signal with a second threshold. The controller controls the threshold generator to produce the plurality of first thresholds and the second threshold according to the first comparison results.