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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Fang-Shi Jordan Lai, Chia Yi, TW;
Kuo-Ming Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsu-Feng Hsueh, Tainan, TW;
Cheng Yen Weng, Hsinchu, TW;
Yung-Fu Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a plurality of comparators connected to the ADC. The ADC further includes a plurality of switches, wherein switches connected to a corresponding comparator of the plurality of comparators are configured to alternate the corresponding comparator between normal operation and a calibration configuration. The ADC further includes at least one comparator of the plurality of comparators other than the corresponding comparator is configured for normal operation if the corresponding comparator is configured for calibration.