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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Volker Christ, Neuss, DE;
Inventor:
Volker Christ, Neuss, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/62 (2006.01); H03M 1/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and methods for controlling RF power levels are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, the ADC includes an internal-reference digital-to-analog converter (DAC) having a resistive structure with linearly-spaced contact nodes. The linearly-spaced contact nodes may provide corresponding reference voltages that vary exponentially with respect to the linearly-spaced contact nodes allowing the ADC to achieve a logarithmic response.