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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. 07, 2015

Filed:

May. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Kenneth Thet Zin Oo, Milpitas, CA (US);

Pierte Roo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Xiong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/14 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/36 (2006.01); H03M 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/14 (2013.01); H03M 1/1014 (2013.01); H03M 1/167 (2013.01); H03M 1/06 (2013.01); H03M 1/124 (2013.01); H03M 1/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit including first and second reference ladders, a selection circuit, first and second analog to digital converters (ADCs), and a summer. The first reference ladder is configured to provide first reference voltages via first taps. The selection circuit is configured to select one of the first reference voltages. The second reference ladder is configured to, based on the selected one of the first reference voltages, provide second reference voltages via second taps. The first ADC is configured to convert the first version of the analog input signal to a first digital signal. The second ADC is configured to, based on the second reference voltages, convert the second version of the analog input signal to a second digital signal. The summer is configured to generate a digital output signal based on the first and second digital signals.


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