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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Thomas B Cho, Fremont, CA (US);
Yungping Hsu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas B Cho, Fremont, CA (US);
Yungping Hsu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A pipelined analog to digital converter that includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is configured to (i) receive a first phase component and a second phase component and (ii) generate a first integrated component and a second integrated component. The second stage is configured to sample and integrate the first integrated component and the second integrated component. The first stage is configured to: sample the first phase component to generate a first sampled component; sample the second phase component to generate a second sampled component; during a first portion of a first clock phase, (i) sample the first phase component and (ii) integrate the second sampled component to generate the second integrated component; and during a second portion of the first clock phase, (i) sample the second phase component and (ii) integrate the first sampled component to generate the first integrated component.