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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Daniel Meacham, Del Mar, CA (US);
Andrea Panigada, San Diego, CA (US);
Jorge Grilo, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Meacham, Del Mar, CA (US);
Andrea Panigada, San Diego, CA (US);
Jorge Grilo, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pipeline ADC is provided in which a DEM function and summation of sequences occur within a flash ADC. According to various aspects of the present disclosure, embedding the processing functions needed for DAC and amplifier error correction with the circuitry of a coarse ADC and rearranging the digital calibration blocks HDC and DNC ensures accurate estimation of the errors.