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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Dipankar Mandal, Bangalore, IN;
Inventor:
Dipankar Mandal, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Because of variations in open loop gain and bandwidth in successive approximate register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), designing amplifiers with the desired characteristics is difficult. Here, a multipath amplifier is provided that accounts for the variations in open loop gain and bandwidth. Preferably, a number of cascaded amplifiers are provided that can auto-zero to account for offset voltages so as to allow the multipath amplifier to be stable over the desired open loop gains and bandwidths.