Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SAR ADC capable of full-scale voltage auto-tuning and method for the same
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Application No.: US18194172Application Date: 2023-03-31
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Publication No.: US12224765B1Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Boon-Eu Seow , Kei-Tee Tiew
- Applicant: PixArt Imaging Incorporation
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporation
- Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Tung & Associates
- Main IPC: H03M1/18
- IPC: H03M1/18 ; H03M1/38 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
An SAR ADC includes: at least one sub-ADC, configured to convert a corresponding input signal to a corresponding SAR code; and a tuning control unit, configured to adjust a full-scale voltage (VFS) of each of the sub-ADC to a corresponding predetermined target level in a VFS tuning mode. The tuning control unit generates a tuning code to control an adjusting capacitor array coupled to the sub-ADC for tuning the VFS. The tuning control unit controls the sub-ADC to convert plural reference voltages in the VFS tuning mode and extrapolating the conversion result to determine a corresponding calibrating VFS. The tuning control unit determines whether the calibrating VFS meeting the target VFS and loops the adjusting process in a linear search method or in a SAR method.
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