Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-to-voltage converter with extended output range
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Application No.: US16020605Application Date: 2018-06-27
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Publication No.: US10693482B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Aaron J. Caffee
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: G04F10/00
- IPC: G04F10/00 ; H03M1/06 ; H03K5/156 ; H03M1/50

Abstract:
A time-to-voltage converter includes a switched-capacitor circuit configured to charge an output node to a reset voltage level in a first interval of a conversion period and configured to shift a voltage on the output node from the reset voltage level to a shifted reset voltage level in a second interval of the conversion period. The time-to-voltage converter includes a current source selectively coupled to the output node. The current source is configured to provide a constant current to the output node in a third interval of the conversion period. The shifted reset voltage level is outside a voltage range defined by a first power supply voltage level on a first voltage reference node and a second power supply voltage level on a second voltage reference node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200007138A1 TIME-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH EXTENDED OUTPUT RANGE Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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