Patent classifications
H03M1/1057
Time-Based Delay Line Analog to Digital Converter
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes differential digital delay lines, a circuit including a set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines, and another circuit including another set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines. The first circuit is configured to generate data representing an analog to digital conversion of an input. The second circuit is configured to calibrate a source to the differential digital delay lines.
Time-Based Delay Line Analog-to-Digital Converter With Variable Resolution
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising differential digital delay lines including series coupled delay cells, wherein a delay time of a first delay line is controlled by a first input of the ADC and a delay time of a second delay line is controlled by a second input of the ADC. The ADC includes a pair of bypass multiplexers coupled at a predefined node location in the series coupled delay cells, latches each coupled with the series coupled delay cells, a converter circuit coupled with the plurality of latches configured to convert data from the latches into an output value of the ADC, and logic circuits configured to select data from the series coupled delay cells to the latches depending on a selected resolution of the differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter.
GLITCH CHARACTERIZATION IN DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION
Techniques and related circuits are disclosed and can be used to characterize glitch performance of a digital-to-analog (DAC) converter circuit in a rapid and repeatable manner, such as for use in providing an alternating current (AC) glitch value specification. A relationship can exist between a glitch-induced DAC output offset value and a DAC circuit input event rate. A relationship between the event rate (e.g., update rate) and the DAC output offset can be used to predict an offset value based at least in part on update rate or to estimate a corresponding glitch impulse area. In particular, a value representing glitch impulse area can be obtained by use of a hardware integration circuit without requiring use of a digitized time-series of glitch event waveforms.
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER
An analog-to-digital converter including a converter arrangement configured to provide a digital output signal as an output of the analog-to-digital converter based on an analog input signal comprising an input to the analog-to-digital converter, the analog-to-digital converter including a calibration module configured to provide calibration signalling to set one or more of a gain of one or more components of the converter arrangement and an offset of one or more components of the converter arrangement, the calibration module further configured to provide, as an output, diagnostic information based on the calibration signalling for use in determining the occurrence of a fault in the analog-to-digital converter.
Analog-to-digital converter
An analog-to-digital converter including a converter arrangement configured to provide a digital output signal as an output of the analog-to-digital converter based on an analog input signal comprising an input to the analog-to-digital converter, the analog-to-digital converter including a calibration module configured to provide calibration signalling to set one or more of a gain of one or more components of the converter arrangement and an offset of one or more components of the converter arrangement, the calibration module further configured to provide, as an output, diagnostic information based on the calibration signalling for use in determining the occurrence of a fault in the analog-to-digital converter.
Microcontroller With Digital Delay Line Analog-to-Digital Converters And Digital Comparators
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller with a processor core, memory, and a plurality of peripheral devices including a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes differential digital delay lines and circuit comprising a set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines configured to generate data representing an analog to digital conversion of an input. The microcontroller also includes a digital comparator coupled with an output of the ADC and an associated register, wherein at least one output of the digital comparator is configured to directly control another peripheral of the plurality of peripherals.
Phase Adjustment for Interleaved Analog to Digital Converters
An apparatus comprising M time-interleaved analog to digital converters (ADC) that sample an input signal at M sampling phases, wherein M is equal to or greater than 4. A phase control circuit adjusts at least M1 sampling phases of the M sampling phases. The phase control circuit comprises M1 phase error detector circuits. Each phase error detector circuit detects a corresponding phase error for a corresponding sampling phase of the M1 sampling phases based on a sample captured at a sampling phase of the M sampling phases immediately preceding the corresponding sampling phase and a sample captured at a sampling phase of the M sampling phases immediately subsequent to the corresponding sampling phase.
Analog to digital conversion circuit
An analog-to-digital (AD) convertor includes: an AD conversion circuit; and a correction circuit that corrects an output value of the AD conversion circuit based on a correction value, wherein the correction circuit generates a plurality of elemental correction values based on a plurality of output values which are converted values of a plurality of analog values by the AD conversion circuit, wherein the correction value is determined by an average value of remaining values obtained by removing a deviated value from the plurality of elemental correction values.
Time-based delay line analog to digital converter
An analog-to-digital converter includes differential digital delay lines, a circuit including a set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines, and another circuit including another set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines. The first circuit is configured to generate data representing an analog to digital conversion of an input. The second circuit is configured to calibrate a source to the differential digital delay lines.
Time-based delay line analog-to-digital converter with variable resolution
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising differential digital delay lines including series coupled delay cells, wherein a delay time of a first delay line is controlled by a first input of the ADC and a delay time of a second delay line is controlled by a second input of the ADC. The ADC includes a pair of bypass multiplexers coupled at a predefined node location in the series coupled delay cells, latches each coupled with the series coupled delay cells, a converter circuit coupled with the plurality of latches configured to convert data from the latches into an output value of the ADC, and logic circuits configured to select data from the series coupled delay cells to the latches depending on a selected resolution of the differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter.