Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and method having speed-up comparison mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US12052027B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US17946072

    申请日:2022-09-16

    发明人: Wei-Cian Hong

    摘要: The present invention discloses an analog-to-digital conversion circuit having speed-up comparison mechanism. Each of a positive and a negative capacitor arrays receives a positive and a negative input voltages to generate a positive and a negative output voltages. A first comparator performs comparison thereon to generate a first comparison result and a second comparator performs comparison according to a reference voltage to generate a second comparison result. A control circuit switches a capacitor enabling combination of the capacitor arrays according to the first comparison result and outputs a digital code as a digital output signal when the positive and the negative output voltages equal. The control circuit operates in a speed-up switching mode when a difference between the positive and the negative output voltages is outside of a predetermined range defined by the reference voltage and operates in a normal switching mode when the difference is within the predetermined range.

    Successive approximation register analog to digital converter device and signal conversion method

    公开(公告)号:US12107597B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17857621

    申请日:2022-07-05

    IPC分类号: H03M1/12 H03M1/46

    CPC分类号: H03M1/468 H03M1/1245

    摘要: A successive approximation register analog to digital converter includes a charge injection digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit, a comparator circuit, and a control logic circuitry. The charge injection DAC circuit includes capacitors that sample input signals to generate first and second signals and charge injection circuits that selectively adjust the first or the second signals according to enable signals and decision signals. The comparator circuit compares the first and second signals to generate the decision signals. The control logic circuitry controls a circuit of the charge injection circuits to adjust the first and the second signals during an initial phase, in order to adjust a switching sequence of the circuit according to the decision signals corresponding to the initial phase, and generates the enable signals according to the decision signals and the adjusted switching sequence during a conversion phase to generate a digital output.

    Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and method having quick tracking mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US12126353B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17945136

    申请日:2022-09-15

    发明人: Wei-Cian Hong

    IPC分类号: H03M1/34 H03M1/08 H03M1/46

    摘要: The present invention discloses an analog-to-digital conversion circuit having quick tracking mechanism is provided. A positive and a negative capacitor arrays receive a positive and a negative input voltages and output a positive and a negative output voltages. A first and a second comparators performs comparison thereon respectively according to and not according to a reference voltage to generate a first and a second comparison results. A control circuit does not perform level-shifting when a difference between the positive and the negative output voltages is not within a predetermined range. The control circuit assigns the positive and the negative capacitor arrays a voltage up-tracking direction and a voltage down-tracking direction respectively to switch a capacitor enabling combination with digital codes according to the second comparison result, and outputs the digital codes as a digital output signal when the positive and the negative output voltages equal.

    Digital slope analog to digital converter and signal conversion method

    公开(公告)号:US12068755B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17944340

    申请日:2022-09-14

    摘要: A digital slope analog to digital converter includes a charge injection digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit, a comparator circuit, a detector circuit, and a control logic circuitry. The charge injection DAC circuit respectively samples input signals via first and second capacitors and generates a first signal via the first capacitor and a second signal via the second capacitor. The comparator circuit compares the first signal with the second signal to generate decision signals. The detector circuit generates a flag signal according to the decision signals. The control logic circuitry generates an enable signal according to the flag signal and generates a digital output when the comparator circuit detects a crossing point of the first and second signals. The charge injection DAC circuit gradually adjusts charges stored in the first and/or the second capacitor according to the enable signal until the crossing point is detected.