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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Minh V. Watson, Fremont, CA (US);
Tung Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Minh V. Watson, Fremont, CA (US);
Tung Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba America Electronics Components, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a pipelined converter, such as a pipelined ADC. The pipelined converter has a first set of stages and a second set of stages. A clocking circuit is configured to generate a plurality of clocking signals for the pipelined converter. The plurality of clocking signals comprise a first clocking signal at a first voltage level that is provided to the first set of stages and a second clocking signal at a second voltage level that is provided to the second set of stages.