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Analog-to-digital converter capable of performing self-test

US7158070B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2005
Grant dateJan 2, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/46
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

While transforming an analog input voltage into a digital signal including several bits, an analog-to-digital converter including a built-in self test (BIST) circuit is used for performing the transformation and compensating an offset error of the analog input voltage. The operations of the digital-to-analog converter include a self test mode and a normal mode. And each of the self test mode and the normal mode includes a sampling phase and a bit cycling phase.

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