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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Brett D Hardy, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Alan S Fiedler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for converting an analog signal into a digital signal includes a first resistor ladder coupled between a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The A/D converter also includes a second resistor ladder that matches the first resistor ladder and that has a first end and a second end coupled to an analog signal source. The first resistor ladder and the second resistor ladder are coupled to at least two comparators with each comparator having a reference input and an analog input. The impedance at each reference input due to the first resistor ladder matches the impedance at each corresponding analog input due to the second resistor ladder.