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- Patent Title: Tracking analog-to-digital converter with adaptive slew rate boosting
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Application No.: US17098905Application Date: 2020-11-16
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Publication No.: US11218161B1Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Leandro Fuentes , Manuel Rivas , Patricio Hernan Perez Preiti , Bruno Luis Uberti , Alejandro Gabriel Milesi
- Applicant: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NH Manchester
- Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Manchester
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M3/00
- IPC: H03M3/00 ; H03M1/18 ; H03M1/06 ; H03K5/24

Abstract:
A tracking ADC with adaptive slew rate boosting can dynamically adjust one or more of its operational parameters in response to detecting a slew rate limit condition. In some embodiments, slew rate boosting can include increasing the value of a digital error signal in response to detection of a slew rate limit condition. In other embodiments, slew rate boosting can include increasing a clock frequency of the tracking ADC in response to detection of a slew rate limit condition.
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