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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Michael Mueck, Andover, MA (US);
Michael Christian Wohnsen Coln, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Mueck, Andover, MA (US);
Michael Christian Wohnsen Coln, Lexington, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A Successive Approximation Routine converter is provided in which a comparator is responsive to an output of a first Digital to Analog Converter, and an output of a second Digital to Analog Converter and to a DAC common mode output reference voltage, and wherein the comparator provides data to a SAR controller indicating which one of the DAC outputs is greater than the other, and how a common mode voltage on the DAC outputs compares to the reference voltage. On this basis the SAR controller can add or subtract a common mode offset to the trial words being presented at a given bit trial such that both differential and common mode convergence is achieved.