Patent classifications
H03M3/464
INPUT CIRCUITRY AND A METHOD FOR RECEIVING AN ANALOG INPUT SIGNAL
An input circuitry for receiving an analog input signal comprises: an input transistor configured to receive the analog input signal on a gate terminal of the input transistor wherein the input transistor is connected to a digital component providing a digital signal, and wherein the input transistor is configured to receive the digital signal on a bulk terminal of the input transistor; wherein the input transistor is configured to provide an output current based on the analog input signal and the digital signal, such that the input transistor provides digital-to-analog conversion of the digital signal received on the bulk terminal.
DWA CIRCUIT AND DA CONVERSION APPARATUS
A DWA circuit includes: a thermometer conversion unit configured to convert an input digital signal into a thermometer code; a shift amount storage unit configured to store a shift amount; a shift unit configured to cyclically shift the thermometer code; an arrangement conversion unit configured to supply, to an analog output circuit, an output control code obtained by converting a bit arrangement of a shifted code; and an update unit configured to update the shift amount, in which the shifted code includes a plurality of unconverted bit fields, the output control code includes a plurality of converted bit fields, and the arrangement conversion unit is configured to perform arrangement conversions on a plurality of bits having a same position in a bit field in the plurality of unconverted bit fields, to arrange the plurality of bits in a same converted bit field among the plurality of converted bit fields.
Combined I/Q digital-to-analog converter
A combined I/Q DAC is provided with a plurality of sources corresponding to a plurality of selectors in which the corresponding source drives the corresponding selector with a source signal to produce a corresponding pair of in-phase and quadrature-phase analog input signals to a summation network. Each selector routes its source signal responsive to a digital value of a corresponding in-phase and quadrature-phase bit pair.
HIGH RESOLUTION VCO-BASED ADC
An analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based quantizer that receives a voltage input signal to be quantized and provides a digital output. A predictor samples the digital output, evaluates correlation between successive samples, and predicts a predicted input sample from the correlation to minimize voltage-to-frequency transfer of the VCO. A feedback loop L1 with a digital to analog converter (DAC) receives the predicted input sample, converts it and subtracts it from the voltage input signal. A feedback loop L2 adds the predicted sample to the digital output.
Microphones with an On-Demand Digital-To-Analog Converter
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a loop filter having an input for receiving an analog input signal; a quantizer having an input coupled to an output of the loop filter, and an output for providing a digital output signal; and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) having an input coupled to an output of the quantizer, and an output coupled to the loop filter, wherein the DAC includes at least one always-on DAC element, and a plurality of on-demand DAC elements.
ADAPTIVE BIAS TECHNIQUES FOR AMPLIFIERS IN SIGMA DELTA MODULATORS
An apparatus comprises a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to convert an analog input signal to a digital value. The sigma-delta ADC circuit includes a loop filter circuit including at least one loop filter amplifier, a flash ADC circuit including multiple comparators, and a bias control circuit configured to change a biasing of the at least one loop filter amplifier according to outputs of the multiple comparators of the flash ADC circuit.
Incremental analog-to-digital converter
An incremental analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with high accuracy. The incremental ADC has a delta-sigma modulator, performing delta-sigma modulation on an analog input signal to output a quantized signal, and a digital filter, receiving the quantized signal to generate a digital representation of the analog input signal. A loop filter of the delta-sigma modulator has a preset circuit. In the preset circuit, the output terminal of the loop filter is preset rather than being reset during the reset phase of the incremental ADC.
Apparatus having source follower based DAC inter-symbol interference cancellation
A current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an integrated circuit chip including the DAC are disclosed. The current DAC includes a switching circuit that includes a plurality of switches coupled to receive differential digital control signals and to provide first and second differential current outputs, a current source coupled to an upper rail and to a first node of the switching circuit, a first current sink coupled to a lower rail and to a second node of the switching circuit, and an interference cancellation circuit coupled to substantially prevent a tail capacitance current from flowing through the first and second differential current outputs.
ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH VCO-BASED AND PIPELINED QUANTIZERS
An analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) includes an input terminal configured to receive an analog input signal. A first ADC circuit is coupled to the input terminal and includes a VCO. The first ADC circuit is configured to output a first digital signal in a frequency domain based on the analog input signal. The first digital signal includes an error component. A first DAC is configured to convert the first digital signal to an analog output signal. A first summation circuit is configured to receive the analog output signal, the analog input signal, and a loop filtered version of the analog input signal and extract the error component, and output a negative of the error component. A second ADC circuit is configured to convert the negative of the error component to a digital error signal. A second summation circuit is configured to receive the first digital signal and the digital error signal, and to output a digital output signal corresponding to the analog input at an output terminal.
Precision low noise continuous time sigma delta converter
A sigma delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit comprises a capacitive gain amplifier circuit having a first input to receive an input voltage and a second input; a loop filter circuit connected to an output of the capacitive gain amplifier circuit; a sub-ADC circuit including an output and an input connected to an output of the loop filter circuit; and a digital-to-analog (DAC) circuit including a DAC input connected to the output of the sub-ADC circuit, and a DAC output connected to the second input of the capacitive gain amplifier.