H03H19/004

Method and system for charge compensation for switched capacitor circuits
10326463 · 2019-06-18 · ·

Methods and systems for charge compensation for switched-capacitor circuits may comprise, in an electronics device comprising a first voltage source, a switched capacitor load, and a switched capacitor compensation circuit: switching a capacitor in the switched capacitor load from a first voltage to a second voltage; providing a charge to the switched capacitor load from the switched capacitor compensation circuit without requiring added charge from the first voltage source. A reference voltage may be generated utilizing the first voltage source. A replica reference voltage for the switched capacitor compensation circuit may be generated utilizing a second voltage source. The replica reference voltage may be equal to the reference voltage. The replica reference voltage may be equal to a supply voltage, VDD, for circuitry in the electronics device. Capacitors may couple outputs of the first and second voltage sources to ground.

RADIO RECEIVER AND INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD
20190181888 · 2019-06-13 ·

An IF filter band-limits an intermediate frequency signal outputted from a mixer. An AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of a PLL so that the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is a predetermined frequency. When the AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of the PLL, a band control unit controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a wide band, and after the completion of the control, controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a narrow band. A frequency correction unit refers to a filter information storage unit, and corrects the oscillation frequency controlled by the AFC unit according to the difference between the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the wide band and the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the narrow band.

CIRCUIT FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT-SIGNAL VOLTAGE
20190173460 · 2019-06-06 ·

A circuit for processing an input-signal voltage, and including an input capacitance coupled between an input node of the circuit and a sense node of a comparator; a reference capacitance coupled to the sense node of the comparator; and a common mode switch coupled between the sense node and a reference node of the comparator. The circuit is configured to have the input capacitance set to a reference input voltage while the common mode switch is closed, and the input node set to the input-signal voltage while the common mode switch is open. The reference capacitance includes a plurality of capacitances, at least one of which is provided as a switched capacitance that is selectively controllable to configure the plurality of capacitances. A switched capacitance controller is configured to control the switched capacitance so as to compensate, at the sense node, a comparator offset voltage.

Band pass filter and sensor device including the same
12019830 · 2024-06-25 · ·

A sensor device includes: first sensors; second sensors which form capacitances with the first sensors; a sensor transmitter connected to the first sensors, where the sensor transmitter supplies driving signals to the first sensors; and a sensor receiver connected to the second sensors, where the sensor receiver receives sensing signals from the second sensors, and the sensor receiver includes a band pass filter which filters the sensing signals. The band pass filter includes: a first integrator including a first amplifier; a first high pass filter converter connected to a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a first output terminal of the first amplifier, where the first high pass filter converter time-divisionally provides N high pass filter conversion paths; and a first gain auxiliary component connected to the first input terminal and the first output terminal of the first amplifier while the first integrator performs an integral function.

Active discharge system for electric or hybrid motor vehicles

An active discharge system for electric or hybrid motor vehicles including an active discharge circuit operatively connected in parallel to a charge circuit, which is supplied by a high voltage power source and defines an electrically-charged equivalent capacitance of an electric charge, wherein the active discharge circuit is configured to discharge the electric charge accumulated by the equivalent capacitance in the event of the high voltage power source being disconnected from the charge circuit; a control circuit/device/unit/component of the active discharge circuit which are configured to receive an activation signal, suitable to activating the active discharge circuit in case of receiving the activation signal, so as to discharge the equivalent capacitance.

Five-level switched-capacitance DAC using bootstrapped switches

A charge transfer digital-to-analog converter includes a differential reference voltage, a pair of capacitors, and switches including a shorting switch. The switches are configured to be switched in successive phases to generate a charge transfer through the capacitors to generate an output corresponding to a digital input. The specific switches activated and deactivated in each phase are selected according to the digital input. Each capacitor of the pair of capacitors is connected to a respective pin for the output. The shorting switch is configured to short the pair of capacitors to create a zero-differential charge on a first side of the capacitors. The shorting switch is implemented with a bootstrap circuit to maintain a constant common mode voltage of the first side of the capacitors while the shorting switch is activated.

Discrete Time Filter Network

A discrete time filter network with an input signal connection and an output signal connection and comprising a capacitor bank with a plurality of history capacitors, and at least one sampling capacitor which operates at a predetermined cycling rate to couple to at least one history capacitor at a time, which history capacitor is selected from the capacitor bank so as to share electrical charge between such selected history capacitor and the sampling capacitor, wherein there is a plurality of sampling capacitors that are provided in the capacitor bank, and the discrete time filter network is provided with at least one switch network comprising a plurality of clock driven switches for making selected cyclical connections between the sampling capacitors and the history capacitors in the capacitor bank at the predetermined cycling rate.

Ultra-low power receiver

An ultra-low-power receiver includes a low-noise amplifier configured to receive an input analog signal and generate an amplified signal and a mixer electrically coupled to the low-noise amplifier. The mixer is configured to convert said amplified signal into an intermediate frequency signal. A progressively reduced intermediate frequency filter is configured to process the intermediate frequency signal from the mixer in discrete time.

Microcontroller programmable system on a chip

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a microcontroller device having a microprocessor, programmable memory components, and programmable analog and digital blocks. The programmable analog and digital blocks are configurable based on programming information stored in the memory components. Programmable interconnect logic, also programmable from the memory components, is used to couple the programmable analog and digital blocks as needed. The advanced microcontroller design also includes programmable input/output blocks for coupling selected signals to external pins. The memory components also include user programs that the embedded microprocessor executes. These programs may include instructions for programming the digital and analog blocks on-the-fly, e.g., dynamically. In one implementation, there are a plurality of programmable digital blocks and a plurality of programmable analog blocks.

Hearing device comprising switched capacitor DC-DC converter with low electromagnetic emission
10257625 · 2019-04-09 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a head-wearable hearing device which comprises a magnetic inductance antenna having a predetermined resonance period for receipt of wireless data signals and a switched capacitor DC-DC converter configured for converting a DC input voltage into a higher or lower DC output voltage in accordance with a clock signal. The charge pump circuit is configured to charge an output capacitor by output current pulses where the output current pulses at least comprise first and second consecutive output current pulses having a mutual pulse delay corresponding to substantially one-half of the predetermined resonance period of the magnetic inductance antenna.