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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Akinobu Onishi, Ota, JP;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/46 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 1/183 (2013.01); H03M 1/185 (2013.01); H03M 3/422 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an analog-to digital converter (ADC). Methods and apparatus for an ADC according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a reference voltage that varies according to the frequency of a timing signal. By varying the reference voltage according to the frequency of the timing signal, the ADC generates a digital output having a substantially fixed voltage variation regardless of the frequency of the timing signal.