Invention Application
- Patent Title: INCREASING THE SNR OF SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION TYPE ADCS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE SUBSTANTIALLY
- Patent Title (中): 提高连续逼近型ADCS的信噪比,而不会影响实质性能
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Application No.: US10663729Application Date: 2003-09-17
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Publication No.: US20050057387A1Publication Date: 2005-03-17
- Inventor: Seetharaman Janakiraman , Kiran Godbole , Surendranath Nagesh
- Applicant: Seetharaman Janakiraman , Kiran Godbole , Surendranath Nagesh
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/20 ; H03M1/34 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
When converting an analog signal to N-bit digital codes, high SNR (signal to noise ratio) by generating multiple N-bit codes from the same analog sample and averaging the N-bit codes. However, the entire N-bit code is determined only a single time, and only P-bit (P less than N) codes are generated. The P-bit codes may be averaged, and the N-bit code is corrected based on the average value to generate an accurate N-bit digital code. As P can be much less than N, the correction can be implemented in a few iterations, thereby enabling the ADCs to be implemented with a high throughput performance. Due to the correction, a high SNR may be attained as well.
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