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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Richard Morisson, Saint-Aubin/Mer, FR;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An A/D conversion device, for converting an analog input voltage Vin into a digital output signal encoded in N bits OUT(0:N-1), includes a first decoder (FNE) for generating the least significant bits OUT(0:K) of the output signal, and a second decoder (CRS) for generating signals which are representative of transitions to which the most significant bits OUT(i+1) of the output signal are to be submitted, for i=k to N-2. Each transition of the bit OUT(i+1) is signaled by signals referred to as antecedent signals A(i+1) and subsequent signals P(i+1), while an encoder (ENC) is provided for synchronizing each transition with a transition of the bit OUT(i) of the next lower weight.