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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas L. Wolf, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Wolf, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT (US);
Assignee:
SiFlare, Inc, Sandy, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/44 (2006.01); H03M 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pipelined analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of stages each including a sample-and-hold circuit configured to output an analog signal having a current and a current mode analog-to-digital converter configured to compare the current of the analog signal output by the sample-and-hold circuit to current generated by a plurality of current sources and output a digital representation of the analog signal.