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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Bernard Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Inventor:
Bernard Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Assignee:
Mstar Semiconductor, Inc., Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a 1-bit cell circuit used in a pipelined analog to digital converter. The 1-bit cell circuit comprises a reference buffer for providing a reference voltage; a sample and charge transfer circuit for receiving an input signal to generate an output signal; and a dump circuit for dumping said reference voltage; wherein said reference buffer selectively connects to one of said sample and charge transfer circuit and said dump circuit according to said input signal.