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Granted Patent B2
US 9,515,672 · App. 14/065,129 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Analog-to-digital converter

Inventor: Zhenyong Zhang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
H03M1/186H03M1/46
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,515,672
App. No.
14/065,129
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes an analog-to-digital converter receiving a plurality of input signals. One particular input signal has a particular analog value and the analog-to-digital converter uses a fixed reference to convert the particular analog value to a particular digital value. The analog-to-digital converter uses the particular analog value as a reference for converting the analog values of the remaining input signals.

Claims (9)

1. A system, comprising:

an analog-to-digital converter receiving a plurality of analog input signals, wherein the plurality of analog input signals contain different bandwidth portions of an audio signal,

the analog-to-digital converter using a fixed reference to convert a first analog input signal from the plurality of analog input signals to a first digital value; and

the analog-to-digital converter using the first digital value for a reference for converting the plurality of analog input signals, except the first analog input signal, to digital values.

2. The system of claim 1 where the first digital value is an output of the system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first analog input signal has a maximum value when compared to the plurality of analog input signals during a measurement time interval.

4. The system of claim 1 , where the analog-to-digital converter is a successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the analog-to-digital converter is a floating-point analog-to-digital converter.

6. The system of claim 5 , where the analog-to-digital converter is a floating-point successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2013
From: ZHANG, ZHENYONG
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 032046/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2013
From: ZHANG, ZHENYONG
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 031635/0546 →
Continuity (1)
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