Dither technique for improving dynamic non-linearity in an...

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2007-03-01

2010-02-16

Mai, Lam T (Department: 2819)

Coded data generation or conversion

Analog to or from digital conversion

Increasing converter resolution

C341S155000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07663518

ABSTRACT:
An analog to digital converter comprising a conversion engine having redundancy therein; and a dither device for applying a dither to the conversion engine; and a controller adapted to operate the conversion engine to perform a successive approximation conversion of the analog input, and wherein the dither is removed prior to completion of the analog to digital conversion.

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