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Capacitor array, successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and capacitor array board

US10873341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 2018
Grant dateDec 22, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/804
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a capacitor array for an analog-to-digital converter, a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and a capacitor array board. The capacitor array includes a control logic generation circuit, a control code logic conversion circuit, a first sub-capacitor array and a second sub-capacitor array configured to form different regions of a high-order bit region and a low-order bit region. In the present disclosure, the capacitances of the second capacitor units are equal, so that the second capacitor units can be sequentially switched. Thus, no matter which bit in the second binary code changes, it will not cause a large number of the second capacitor units to switch together, thereby reducing conversion error. In addition, the capacitor array is divided in regions, which avoids the problem of a large number of parallel branches in case where only the second sub-capacitor array is arranged.

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