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EP About this file: EP3503407

EP3503407 - IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATED TO ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.02.2022
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.03.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.12.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.08.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  24.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024  [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
IMEC vzw
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
[2019/26]
Inventor(s)01 / MARTENS, Ewout
c/o IMEC VZW, Patent Department
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
02 / HERSHBERG, Benjamin
c/o IMEC VZW, Patent Department
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
03 / CRANINCKX, Jan
c/o IMEC VZW
Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven / BE
 [2019/26]
Representative(s)Gevers Patents
De Kleetlaan 7A
1831 Diegem / BE
[N/P]
Former [2019/26]Gevers Patents
Intellectual Property House
Holidaystraat 5
1831 Diegem / BE
Application number, filing date17208593.819.12.2017
[2019/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3503407
Date:26.06.2019
Language:EN
[2019/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3503407
Date:07.04.2021
Language:EN
[2021/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:H03M1/46
[2019/26]
CPC:
H03M1/462 (EP,US); H03M1/46 (US); H03M1/468 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2019/36]
Former [2019/26]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERBESSERUNGEN AN ODER IM ZUSAMMENHANG MIT ANALOG-DIGITAL-WANDLERN[2019/26]
English:IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATED TO ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS[2019/26]
French:PERFECTIONNEMENTS APPORTÉS OU SE RAPPORTANT À DES CONVERTISSEURS ANALOGIQUES-NUMÉRIQUES[2019/26]
Examination procedure24.07.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.07.2019Examination requested  [2019/36]
24.07.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
09.12.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.02.2021Fee for grant paid
09.02.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.02.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)10.01.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
17.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XI]  - YING-ZU LIN ET AL, "An Asynchronous Binary-Search ADC Architecture With a Reduced Comparator Count", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS, IEEE, US, (201008), vol. 57, no. 8, doi:10.1109/TCSI.2009.2037403, ISSN 1549-8328, pages 1829 - 1837, XP011333749 [X] 1-3,5,10,12,13 * Section I, II and IV * * figures 5,6,7,9,11 * [I] 4,6-9,11,14,15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2009.2037403
 [XDI]  - LIN HE; JIAQI YANG; DUONA LUO; LELE JIN; SHUANGSHAUANG ZHANG; FUHIANG LIN; LIBIN YAO; XICHENG JIANG, "A Speed-Enhancing Dual-Trial Instantaneous Switching Architecture for SAR ADCs", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, II: EXPRESS BRIEFS, (201501), vol. 62, no. 1, XP002782419 [XD] 1,10 * Section II.B * * figures 4,5,7 * [I] 4,8,9,11

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2014.2362722
 [AD]  - B. VERBRUGGEN; M. IRIGUCHI; J. CRANINCKX, "A 1.7mW 11 b 250MS/s 2x Interleaved Fully Dynamic Pipelined SAR ADC in 40nm Digital CMS", ISSCC, (2012), XP002782420 [AD] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [AD]  - G. VAN DER PLAS; B. VERBRUGGEN, "A 150MS/s 133µW 7b ADC in 90nm Digital CMOS Using a Comparator-based Asynchronous Binary Search Sub-ADC", ISSCC, (2008), XP002782421 [AD] 1-15 * the whole document *
by applicant   - LIN HE; JIAQI YANG; DUONA LUO; LELE JIN; SHUANGSHAUANG ZHANG; FUHIANG LIN; LIBIN YAO; XICHENG JIANG, "A Speed-Enhancing Dual-Trial Instantaneous Switching Architecture for SAR ADCs", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, II: Express Briefs, (20150100), vol. 62, no. 1, doi:doi:10.1109/TCSII.2014.2362722, XP011566905

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2014.2362722
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