Invention Grant
US09385747B1 Capacitance-to-digital converter utilizing digital feedback and auxiliary DAC
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采用数字反馈和辅助DAC的电容数字转换器
- Patent Title: Capacitance-to-digital converter utilizing digital feedback and auxiliary DAC
- Patent Title (中): 采用数字反馈和辅助DAC的电容数字转换器
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Application No.: US14575167Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US09385747B1Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Michael H. Perrott , Louis Nervegna
- 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: Abel Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M3/00
- IPC: H03M3/00

Abstract:
A capacitance-to-digital converter circuit utilizes a capacitor bridge circuit to sense a difference in capacitance between sense capacitors and fixed capacitors in the bridge circuit. The sense capacitors vary according to a sensed parameter. Auxiliary capacitor digital to analog converters (DACs) are coupled to the capacitor bridge circuit to cancel the sensed difference. An analog to digital converter (ADC) receives a signal generated by the capacitor bridge circuit and the auxiliary capacitor DACs and converts the received signal to a digital signal. A digital accumulator accumulates the ADC output, whose output represents the difference in capacitance between the sense capacitors and the fixed capacitors. The accumulator output is used to control the auxiliary capacitor DACs to offset the difference in capacitance between the sense capacitors and the fixed capacitors. The accumulator output also provides the basis for the capacitance-to-digital circuit output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160182081A1 CAPACITANCE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER UTILIZING DIGITAL FEEDBACK AND AUXILIARY DAC Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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