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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Semtech Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ark-Chew Wong, Irvine, CA (US);
Masashi Yamagata, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Semtech Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/50 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01); H03M 1/0695 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipeline analog-to-digital converter is disclosed. An example of a pipeline analog-to-digital converter comprises a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages comprises an analog-to-digital conversion circuit comprising a comparator configured to produce an n-bit digital domain output; and a switchable conductance digital-to-analog conversion circuit operatively coupled to the comparator and configured to switch between at least two conductance values in response to a value of the n-bit digital domain output.