Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and method
US10411725B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/468
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An analog-to-digital conversion circuit and method are provided. At a sampling stage, the first capacitor array connects lower electrode plates of N capacitors to a first input voltage, connect lower electrode plates of the other capacitors to a common-mode voltage, and connect upper electrode plates of all the capacitors to the common-mode voltage to sample the first input voltage; in an ith conversion at a conversion stage, the logic circuit controls, the lower electrode plate of an ith capacitor to connect to a reference voltage or a ground voltage, a first comparison voltage output by the first capacitor array approximates a second comparison voltage; and the comparator stores a comparison result between the first and the second comparison voltage to an i+1th flag bit in the logic circuit, and analog-to-digital conversion is completed when i+1 is equal to the total number of capacitors in the first capacitor array.
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