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Analogue to digital converter, an integrated circuit and medical device

US8786484B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2011
Grant dateJul 22, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/466
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An analogue to digital converter includes a first input connection to receive a first part of the analogue input signal, a second input connection to receive a second part of the analogue input signal, a first and second plurality of capacitors, each capacitor of the first plurality of capacitors forms a capacitor pair with a corresponding capacitor in the second plurality of capacitors During a sampling period, the first input connection couples the first part of the analogue input signal to a first contact of each capacitor of the first plurality of capacitors and the second input connection couples the second part of the analogue input signal to a first contact of each capacitor of the second plurality of capacitors. Further, a switching array couples a second contact of each capacitor of the first and second plurality of capacitors to a common mode voltage to determine a first bit of a digital output signal.

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