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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a segmented successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). One example ADC generally includes a plurality of SAR ADC circuits each associated with a different voltage range segment of a voltage range for the ADC. Each SAR ADC circuit is configured to receive an analog signal input to the ADC and to output a digital signal based on the analog signal, the digital signal being representative of a voltage level of the analog signal when the voltage level of the analog signal is within the segment associated with the SAR ADC circuit. In certain aspects, the SAR ADC may include logic configured to control a digital output of the ADC based on one or more of the digital signals representative of the voltage level of the analog signal output by one or more of the plurality of SAR ADC circuits.