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Analog-to-digital converter and method of fabrication

US5994755A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1996
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/365
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit has a pseudosubstrate 6060 with an isolation moat 9505. Substrate 6001 has one conductivity and a subcircuit region 6060 has an opposite conductivity. Digital CMOS devices are formed in the subcircuit over region 6060 and operate between zero to +5 volts. Analog devices are formed over the rest of the substrate and operate between plus and minus 5 volts. The moat 9505 isolates the digital CMOS devices from the analog devices.

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