• Patent Title: CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING ANALOG SIGNAL TO DIGITAL VALUE REPRESENTATION
  • Application No.: US15369777
    Application Date: 2016-12-05
  • Publication No.: US20170179976A1
    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
  • Inventor: Jan CraninckxJonathan BorremansMaarten De Bock
  • Applicant: IMEC VZW
  • Priority: EP15200350.5 20151216
  • Main IPC: H03M3/00
  • IPC: H03M3/00
CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING ANALOG SIGNAL TO DIGITAL VALUE REPRESENTATION
Abstract:
A circuit and a method for converting an analog signal to a digital value representation is disclosed. In one aspect, the circuit includes an incremental sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The circuit further includes a first input line for providing a primary analog signal representing a sensor measurement to the incremental sigma-delta ADC. The circuit further includes a second input line for providing a secondary analog signal to the incremental sigma-delta ADC. The incremental sigma-delta ADC receives the primary and secondary analog signals during a first period (TADC1) and a second period (TADC2), respectively. The circuit further includes a filter configured to weight the digital values in a sequence of digital values output by the incremental sigma-delta ADC, and to output a single digital value representing the sensor measurement.
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