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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Young Deuk Jeon, Daejeon, KR;
Young Kyun Cho, Daejeon, KR;
Jae Won Nam, Pohang-si, KR;
Jong Kee Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
Young Deuk Jeon, Daejeon, KR;
Young Kyun Cho, Daejeon, KR;
Jae Won Nam, Pohang-si, KR;
Jong Kee Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A multi-stage Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converter (SAR ADC) and an analog-to-digital converting method using the same are provided. The multi-stage SAR ADC connects small-size and low-power SAR ADCs in multiple stages, thereby reducing a whole chip size and power consumption. The analog-to-digital converting method simultaneously performs analog-to-digital conversions in the SAR ADCs connected in the multiple stages, thereby reducing an analog-to-digital conversion time and maintaining an operating rate of several tens of MHz to several hundreds of MHz similar to that of a pipeline ADC.