A/D converter with charge-redistribution DAC and split summation of main and correcting DAC outputs

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PATENT NO 5684487
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08461189

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An analog-to-digital (A/D) converter of the successive-approximation type wherein the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a charge-redistribution, binary-weighted switched-capacitor array for producing the analog output for comparison with the analog input signal. A second switched-capacitor DAC is employed to develop error correction signals to be combined with the analog signal from the A/D conversion DAC. The conversion DAC array is connected to one input terminal of the comparator, and the error-correction DAC array is connected to the other comparator input terminal, an arrangement which reduces the number of capacitors required while providing symmetrical capacitance loading of the comparator input circuit.

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ANALOG DEVICES INCORPORATEDROUTE 1 INDUSTRIAL PARK NORWOOD MA 02062

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Timko, Michael P Andover, MA 10 2140

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