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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2012
Steven Huang, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ramy Tantawy, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Van Blerkom, Altadena, CA (US);
Barmak Mansoorian, La Canada, CA (US);
Steven Huang, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ramy Tantawy, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Van Blerkom, Altadena, CA (US);
Barmak Mansoorian, La Canada, CA (US);
Forza Silicon Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A successive approximation A/D converter which includes a sub ranging classifier that receives an input signal and classifies said input signal according to plural different highest resolution bits, to determine a range of the input signal, and creating a set of most significant bits based on said range, said subranging classifier also setting and determining an offset based on said range, and a successive approximation A/D converted that converting lowest resolution parts of the input signal as adjusted by the offset.