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US06891494B2 Layout method of a comparator array for flash type analog to digital converting circuit 有权
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Layout method of a comparator array for flash type analog to digital converting circuit
摘要:
The present invention discloses a layout method of a comparator array of a flash type analog to digital converting circuit. The flash type analog to digital converting circuit includes a reference voltage for generating 2n −Ivoltages and being arranged to be folded; a comparator array including (2n−1) comparators for comparing voltage differences between the respective 2n −Ivoltages and an analog input signal to generate a digital thermometer code having (2n−1) bits and an encoder for encoding the digital thermometer code having (2n−1) bits to generate an n-bit digital signal. The layout method of the flash type analog to digital converting circuit comprises arranging the comparators such that the comparators of (2n−1)th comparator to (2n/2)th comparator are arranged in order and the comparators of (2n/2−1)th comparator to a first comparator are arranged in reverse fashion between the comparators of the (2n−1)th comparator to the (2n/2)th comparator; and arranging the comparators such that the neighboring comparators adjacent to the respective (2n−1) comparators remain at to the same state when the (2n−1)th comparator to the (2n/2)th comparator transit to different states respectively. Therefore, increasing of an offset voltage due to the effects of the neighboring comparators is prevented without increasing a layout area size.
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