Analog to digital converter with continuous conversion cycles an

Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Analog to digital conversion

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341139, H03M 138, H03M 118

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055614272

ABSTRACT:
A successive approximation A/D having dual comparators for allowing a larger range of analog input signals to be converted into digital form. One comparator is an N-channel device, and the other comparator is a P-channel device. The A/D switches to either the N-channel device or the P-channel device based upon whether the first two comparisons determine the most-significant bit and the next-most significant bit are a "11", in which the N-channel device is selected, or anything else, in which the P-channel device is selected. Switching circuitry is included to output the proper comparator based on these two comparisons.
Control circuitry is also provided to allow for successive conversions using only a single address read. A one-half clock cycle reset occurs at the start of every MSB comparison for every n-bit read, and this reset goes to every component in the A/D except the latch for the LSB, which must be held for at least one more clock cycle before since it has not yet been output to the data bus as yet. Gate circuitry is also added to the input of the D/A portion of the A/D, in which the LSB is not allowed to be input to the D/A until after the MSB comparison has been performed for the next n-bit read.

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