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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Srinivasa H. Garlapati, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul Anthony Lettieri, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Jason A. Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gregory H. Efland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tom W. Kwan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Srinivasa H. Garlapati, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul Anthony Lettieri, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Jason A. Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gregory H. Efland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tom W. Kwan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) disposed in a data reception path to convert data from an analog format to a digital format is switched between two or more power modes to conserve power when data is not being received. ADC stays in a lower power-lower precision mode until an inbound data is detected, at which time the ADC switches to a higher power-higher precision mode to convert the data. Once data conversion is completed, the ADC switches back to the lower power-lower precision mode to conserve power.