Error correction architecture for pipeline analog to digital converters

摘要

A pipeline analog to digital converter architecture includes at least two error correction stages, one such error correction stage at the end of the pipeline architecture such that power savings and silicon area optimization are achieved by tailoring the performance of the pipeline stages towards the end of the pipeline architecture. The other error correction stages are placed with respect to the overall design sensitivities. The design according to the present invention is applicable to a broad class of pipeline architectures including multi-bit stages in the pipeline architecture.