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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Entropic Communications Llc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Josephus Van Engelen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Aaron Buchwald, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Ralph Duncan, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Entropic Communications, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2013.01); H03M 1/0675 (2013.01); H03M 1/124 (2013.01); H03M 1/1215 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for converting analog signals to digital signals. A reference slice is associated with each of a plurality of active slices to balance the loading on an active sampling track and hold amplifier within each active slice. Alternatively, the reference slice is split into a portion having a reference ADC that is shared by a plurality of partial reference slices, each partial reference slice having a partial reference input module.