Analog-to-digital converter circuitry having a cascade

Details Analog-to-digital converter circuitry having a cascade Analog-to-digital converter circuitry having a cascade

2006-05-30

2006-05-30

JeanPierre, Peguy (Department: 2819)

Coded data generation or conversion

Analog to or from digital conversion

Analog to digital conversion

C330S310000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07053809

ABSTRACT:
An analog to digital converter and/or related systems which in some aspects may contain but are not limited to: at least one cascade of N gain elements operably couplable with analog circuitry, and a gain element of the at least one cascade having a gain larger than one by an amount such that a noise factor of said at least one cascade operating on a predetermined operable signal at an input of said at least one cascade is substantially minimized.

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