Cascade-comparator A/D converter
US4542370A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1982 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/361
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an A/D converter in which a first comparator A/D converter for providing the most significant bits of a digital output and a second comparator A/D converter for providing the least significant bits of the digital output are cascaded, a switching circuit is provided between the first A/D converter and the second A/D converter. This switching circuit is responsive to the comparison between an analog input voltage and first comparison reference voltages in the first A/D converter to apply two adjacent first reference voltages between which the analog input voltages lies to both ends of a voltage dividing circuit network of the second A/D converter to thereby provide second comparison reference voltages. In the second A/D converter, the second comparison reference voltages are compared with the analog input voltage by comparators, to provide the least significant bits of a digital output.
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