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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
James A. Bailey, Snowflake, AZ (US);
James A. Bailey, Snowflake, AZ (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Various different approaches are provided for conversion of analog signals to digital signals. For example, various analog to digital converter circuits capable of converting an input voltage to a digital representation thereof are discussed. Such analog to digital converter circuits include at least a first comparator and a second comparator. An input of the first comparator is electrically coupled to a first storage device, and another input of the first comparator is electrically coupled to the input voltage. An input of the second comparator is electrically coupled to a second storage device, and another input of the second comparator is electrically coupled to the input voltage. The analog to digital converter circuits further include a reference voltage generation circuit that provides the first reference voltage to the first storage device, and subsequently provides the second reference voltage to the second storage device.