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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Ryan James Kier, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Tracy Johancsik, Murray, UT (US);
Ryan James Kier, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Crest Semiconductors, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A time-interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) includes a set of sub-ADC circuits. Each sub-ADC circuit comprises a sample-and-hold circuit. Each sample-and-hold circuit includes a bootstrap circuit for maintaining a constant voltage level between an input terminal of a switch and a gate terminal of the switch, the switch for switching between a sample mode and a hold mode. Each sample and hold circuit also includes a capacitor bank associated with the bootstrap circuit such that a setting of the capacitor bank affects an ON state intrinsic resistance of the switch by affecting the voltage level.