Invention Grant
US07688238B2 Methods and systems for calibrating a pipelined analog-to-digital converter
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用于校准流水线模数转换器的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for calibrating a pipelined analog-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 用于校准流水线模数转换器的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12055468Application Date: 2008-03-26
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Publication No.: US07688238B2Publication Date: 2010-03-30
- Inventor: Donald E. Lewis , Rex K. Hales
- Applicant: Donald E. Lewis , Rex K. Hales
- Applicant Address: US UT Draper
- Assignee: Slicex, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Slicex, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Draper
- Agency: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC
- Agent Steven L. Nichols
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10

Abstract:
A pipelined analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of stages, each stage comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). A method for increasing the accuracy of the pipelined ADC includes calibrating the ADC in each stage of the analog-to-digital converter by adjusting trip points of that ADC. Another method for increasing the accuracy of a pipelined ADC includes measuring error in an output of each the DAC; and correcting an output of the pipelined analog-to-digital converter for the measured error. These methods can be used together to further increase the accuracy of the pipelined ADC. Consequently, a pipelined analog-to-digital converter may include a look-up table containing data for correcting errors in output of each of the DACs, where trip points of the ADCs the ADCs in the stages of the pipelined converter have been calibrated to expected values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080238740A1 Methods and systems for calibrating a pipelined analog-to-digital converter Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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