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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Gautam Salil Nandi, Bangalore, IN;
Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota, Bangalore, IN;
Nitin Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Gautam Salil Nandi, Bangalore, IN;
Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota, Bangalore, IN;
Nitin Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, different reference voltage levels are used for different stages of a multi-stage analog to digital converter (ADC). In one embodiment, the amplification and unity gain bandwidth (UGB) requirements in the first stage is reduced as a result.