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AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorHarald Schmid
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An analog-to-digital converter for successively and approximately converting an analog input signal into a digital output signal includes at least one comparator having a linear input module and an output module. The analog input signal is compared with a compare signal supplied by a digital-to-analog converter and supplies a comparator output signal for adjusting a clocked successive approximation register. The digital value temporarily stored in the successive approximation register is converted into the analog compare signal by the digital-to-analog converter. The inventive converter also includes an acceleration circuit supplying a reversible clock signal to the cocked successive approximation register according to at least one overload detector signal that detects overload of an appurtenant linear input module in the comparator.
An analog/digital converter for successive approximation conversion of an analog input signal into a digital output signal, comprising:
A method for converting an analog input signal into a digital output signal, which comprises:
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