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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Ivan Bogue, Cork, IE;

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/10 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes an analog input stage including an output configured to generate an analog output signal and a digital stage coupled the output of the analog input stage. The digital stage is configured to classify the analog output signal into one of a plurality of consecutive voltage ranges. Responsive to the analog output signal being classified in a first enumerated voltage range of the plurality of voltage ranges during a rotation of a sample, a voltage for a subsequent rotation is determined as if the analog output signal is classified into a non-enumerated voltage range selected according to a state of a random number signal.


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