Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration techniques for SAR ADCs with on-chip reservoir capacitors
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Application No.: US14747071Application Date: 2015-06-23
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Publication No.: US09641189B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Mark D. Maddox , Michael Coln , Gary R. Carreau , Baozhen Chen
- Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/10 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
When reservoir capacitors are moved on-chip for individual bit decisions, a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) has an addition source of error which can significantly affect the performance of the SAR ADC. Calibration techniques can be applied to measure and correct for such error in an SAR ADC using decide-and-set switching. Specifically, a calibration technique can expose the effective bit weight of each bit under test using a plurality of special input voltages and storing a calibration word for each bit under test to correct for the error. Such a calibration technique can lessen the need to store a calibration word for each possible output word to correct the additional source of error. Furthermore, another calibration technique can expose the effective bit weight of each bit under test without having to generate the plurality of special input voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182077A1 CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES FOR SAR ADCS WITH ON-CHIP RESERVOIR CAPACITORS Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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