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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Shankar Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/20 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/56 (2013.01); H03M 1/1009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC may convert an analog signal to a digital signal utilizing a two-phase conversion process to convert the signal into coarse bits and fine bits. The ADC may generate a time-residue signal and utilize the time-residue signal to determine the fine bits.