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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Johannes Gerber, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Bernhard Wolfgang Ruck, Freising, DE;
Inventors:
Johannes Gerber, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Bernhard Wolfgang Ruck, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling a successive approximation register analog to digital converter comprising connecting a first side of a capacitor to a first comparator input, during a sampling phase connecting the first side of a capacitor to an input and connecting a second side of the capacitor to a mid-voltage, following the sampling phase disconnecting the first side of the capacitor from the input and disconnecting the second side of the capacitor from the mid-voltage and autozeroing the comparator.