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Folded reference voltage flash ADC and method thereof
- Inventors
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배현민, 권순원, 전세준, Kim Seung Hwan, Sun Hyok Chang, Chung Hwan Seok, Yoo Tae Whan, Kim Kwangjoon, Lee Jong Hyun
- Application No.
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13527406 (2012.06.19)
- Publication No.
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20130002466 (2013.01.03)
- Registration No.
- 8570204 (2013.10.29)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Abstract
- A folded reference voltage flash analog-to-digital (ADC) converter and a method thereof are provided. The flash ADC of the present invention determines the most significant bit (MSB) of an analog input signal, varies a reference voltage input to a plurality of comparators in accordance with the MSB determination result, and determines the remaining bits. Accordingly, input capacitance can be reduced while maintaining the size and power consumption of the ADC.
- KSP Keywords
- Analog input, Input signal, Most Significant Bit(MSB), Power Consumption, analog-to-digital, flash ADC, reference voltage