Low offset comparator and offset cancellation method thereof

Abstract

The present invention provides a low offset comparator and offset cancellation method thereof. The low offset comparator includes a preamplifier and a latch. The preamplifier includes a first output offset storage stage, a cascade of input offset storage stages and a second output offset storage stage. The first output offset storage stage receives an input voltage. The cascade of input offset storage stages is connected to follow the first output offset storage stage. The second output offset storage stage is connected to follow the input offset storage stages. The latch is connected to follow the preamplifier. The low offset comparator is characterized in that the cascade of input offset storage stages, the second output offset storage stage and the first output offset storage stage areconfigured to sequentially leave an offset cancellation mode, and the input offset storage stages, when leaving the offset cancellation mode, are to open their unity-gain feedback loops before disconnecting their input offset storages from a ground voltage.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a low offset comparator and its offset elimination method, and in particular to a low offset comparator and its offset elimination method which more effectively eliminates the offset voltage and has high circuit operation speed. Background technique [0002] In the comparator, a small amount of noise may affect the circuit operation results, and due to the mismatch of the components, the comparator will generate an offset voltage when performing the amplification operation, so the technology of offset cancellation (offset cancellation) must be used to perform compensation operations. There are two commonly used technologies for offset elimination, namely input offset storage (input offset storage, IOS) and output offset storage (output offset storage, OSS). [0003] Please refer to figure 1 , which shows the circuit diagram of a conventional comparator using input offset memory technology. The comparator 100 includes...

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The input voltage Vin received by the comparator 200 is fed in in the form of DC coupling, so the input range of the comparator 200 is relatively small

In addition, the gain value A of the pre-amplifier 210 should not be too large. If the gain value A is too large, the offset voltage will be amplified and the pre-amplifier 210 will hang up.

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