Analog to digital converter
US6281831A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/42
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An A/D converter having a plurality of thresholding circuits corresponding to bits of output digital data, each of which includes odd number of inverters serially connected from a first stage to a last stage. The first stage inverter of the thresholding circuits have thresholds equal to a weights of the bits. The inverters of the last stage are of thresholds different from those of the first stage.
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