An improved analog-to-digital converter wherein a minimal amount of
circuitry is provided for conversion of an analog signal to a series of
digital bits. A comparator is provided for generating digital values to
which the digital bits correspond. A digital-to-analog converter is
provided for generating, via successive approximation, a feedback analog
signal based on bits previously generated by the comparator. The
analog-to-digital converter compares the feedback analog signal to the
input analog signal, and based on the comparison generates a digital
value that corresponds to a digital bit. In the method of the invention,
an analog signal is converted to a digital value using the
analog-to-digital converter, and a digital-to-analog converter comprising
two capacitors and a reference selector generates, via successive
approximation, a feedback analog signal that is applied to a comparator
for comparison to the input analog signal being digitized.