Patent ID: 7501967

Claim:
An analog-to-digital converter arrangement, comprising: an analog-to-digital converter for converting an input signal (XIN) into a digital outout signal, said analog-to-digital converter operating with staggered timing and comprising a converter array having a plurality of individual analog-to-digital converters ( 15 - 1 to 5 - 4 ) being arranged in a fixed sequence in parallel with one another and operable with staggered timing with respect to one another; and a connection network configured to generate, for a staggered timing actuation, a control signal for each of said individual analog-to-digital converters (CLKI′-CLK4′), said connection network predefining a time sequence with which said control signals (CLKI′-CLK4′) actuate said individual analog-to-digital converters in such a way that owing to said sequence and thus the sequence of said actuated individual analog-to-digital converters there is at least a reduction in an interference spectrum in the spectrum of said digital output signal (XIN, XOUT); wherein said connection network comprises a counter being triggered by a central clock signal (CLK) and generating a counter sequence (Z 1 ), and wherein each of said individual analog-to-digital converters comprises connected upstream on the control side at least one actuation circuit which assigns a counter reading of the counter sequence generated by the counter to each individual analog-to-digital converter, in each case as a control signal (CLK 1 ′-CLK 4 ′).