Track and hold circuits for high speed and interleaved ADCs
AssigneeAnalog Devices, Inc.
InventorsAhmed Mohamed Abdelatty Ali, Frank Murden, Peter Delos, Ralph D. Moore
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AssigneeAnalog Devices, Inc.
InventorsAhmed Mohamed Abdelatty Ali, Frank Murden, Peter Delos, Ralph D. Moore
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Improved track and hold (T/H) circuits can help analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) achieve higher performance and lower power consumption. The improved T/H circuits can drive high speed and interleaved ADCs, and the design of the circuits enable additive and multiplicative pseudo-random dither signals to be injected in the T/H circuits. The dither signals can be used to calibrate (e.g., linearize) the T/H circuits and the ADC(s). In addition, the dither signal can be used to dither any remaining non-linearity, and to calibrate offset/gain mismatches in interleaved ADCs. The T/H circuit design also can integrate an amplifier in the T/H circuit, which can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the ADC or to act as a variable gain amplifier (VGA) in front of the ADC.
A track-and-hold circuit comprising:
A track-and-hold circuit comprising:
A method, comprising:
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