Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for testing an analog-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US15282677Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US09819353B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Dario Vagni , Peter Bogner , Jaafar Mejri
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
- Priority: DE102015116786 20151002
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
A method for use in testing an analog-to-digital converter. The method includes providing a set of bins, varying a voltage, taking samples of the voltage, providing a selection flag, associating each sample with one bin of the set of bins, and observing a number of samples associated with the bins. An apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert a voltage at an input node to a digital representation provided at an output node. The input node is configured to be coupled to a voltage generator. A sample select unit is configured to determine if a voltage at the input node at least equals a first threshold level and does not exceed a second threshold level. The apparatus is configured, based on the determining, to selectively associate the digital representation with a bin of a set of bins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170099062A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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