What is comparator threshold voltage?

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exidez

Joined Aug 22, 2008
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Her is the question:
the successive approximation ADC shown in Figure 6.1, the clock frequency is 1.0MHz; the comparator Threshold voltage VT = 0.1mV, the DAC has a Full Scale output of 10.23 V and a 10 bit input.. Determine:
3.4.1 the digital equivalent obtained for VA = 3.728 V;


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i am new to this binary stuff and i have no idea how to do it.
if the range is 10.23 V and is a 10 bit system
2^10 - 1 = 1023 steps

10.23 / 1023 = 0.01 V per step

Thats as far as i got, i dont even understand the diagram!
 

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beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
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In operation the counter goes from 0 to some number as it it clocked. With each clock, the output voltage increases by 10 mv. When the voltage out of the DAC matches the input voltage, the comparator stops the counting and sends the EOC. The value in the counter is the conversion.
 
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