REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR FOR AN ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION

摘要

Analog-digital converter configured for conversion of an input voltage, represented by a pair of input potentials, into a binary code using successive approximation. The analog-digital converter comprises a reference voltage generator (RVG) supplying a first pair of reference potentials and a second pair of reference potentials. The analog-digital converter further comprises a switched capacitor array (SCA) configured to receive the first and the second pair of reference potentials as well as a control unit (CTRL) coupled to the switched capacitor array (SCA) and configured to switch capacitors of the switched capacitor array (SCA) either to the first pair of reference potentials or to the second pair of reference potentials depending on a progress of the conversion.