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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:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2013
Applicants:

Junhua Shen, Cambridge, MA (US);

Ronald A. Kapusta, Bedford, MA (US);

Edward C. Guthrie, Charlestown, MA (US);

Inventors:

Junhua Shen, Cambridge, MA (US);

Ronald A. Kapusta, Bedford, MA (US);

Edward C. Guthrie, Charlestown, MA (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/16 (2006.01); H03M 1/44 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2013.01); H03M 1/1019 (2013.01); H03M 1/164 (2013.01); H03M 1/44 (2013.01); H03M 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention may provide an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system. The ADC system may include an analog circuit to receive an input signal and a reference voltage, and to convert the input signal into a raw digital output. The analog circuit may include at least one sampling element to sample the input signal during a sampling phase and reused to connect to the reference voltage during a conversion phase, and an ADC output to output the raw digital output. The ADC system may also include a digital processor to receive the raw digital output and for each clock cycle, to digitally correct reference voltage errors in the analog-to-digital conversion.


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