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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Arthur John Redfern, Plano, TX (US);
Kun Shi, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/422 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 3/30 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H03M 3/468 (2013.01); H03M 3/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
An analog to digital converter receives an analog input signal. The analog input signal is converted into a digital output signal. The converting includes shaping quantization noise in response to: a signal-to-noise ratio of the analog input signal; and a power of the converter.