Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for reducing SAR input loading
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Application No.: US15206433Application Date: 2016-07-11
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Publication No.: US09647676B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Raghu Nandan Srinivasa , Tharun Nagulu
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/12 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F13/40 ; H03M1/38 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/80 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
The disclosure provides a successive approximation register analog to digital converter (SAR ADC). The SAR ADC includes a charge sharing DAC that includes an array of MSB (most significant bit) capacitors, an array of LSB (least significant bit) capacitors, and an error correction capacitor. A zero crossing detector is coupled to the charge sharing DAC. The zero crossing detector generates a digital output. A successive approximation register (SAR) state machine is coupled to the zero crossing detector and operates the charge sharing DAC in a sampling mode and a conversion mode. During the sampling mode an input voltage is provided to the array of MSB capacitors and the error correction capacitor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160336952A1 Method and Apparatus for Reducing SAR Input Loading Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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