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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventor:

Martin Kinyua, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/0626 (2013.01); H03M 3/414 (2013.01); H03M 3/426 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for implementing an analog-to-digital converter. In some embodiments, the analog-to-digital converter comprises a first-stage quantizer, a second-stage quantizer, and a noise cancellation filter. The first-stage quantizer is configured to receive an analog input signal and generate a first-stage digital output signal based on the analog input signal and a residual signal based on the first-stage digital output signal and the analog input signal. The second-stage quantizer is configured to receive the residual signal, to determine a first-stage quantization error based on the residual signal, to digitize the first-stage quantization error, and to generate a second-stage digital output signal based on the first-stage quantization error. The noise cancellation filter is configured to receive the first-stage digital output signal and the second-stage digital output signal and to generate a noise-cancellation output signal comprising a quantization error component less that the first-stage quantization error.


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