Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-linearity cancellation in a dual-path ADC
- Patent Title (中): 双路ADC中的非线性消除
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Application No.: US15154769Application Date: 2016-05-13
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Publication No.: US09503112B1Publication Date: 2016-11-22
- Inventor: Ramin Zanbaghi , Yousof Mortazavi , Aaron Brennan , John L. Melanson
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/10

Abstract:
The overall performance of a dual-path ADC system may be improved by using a VCO-based ADC for small-amplitude signals and employing non-linear cancellation to remove nonlinearities in signals output by the VCO-based ADC. In particular, VCO-based dual-path ADC systems of this disclosure may be configured to receive a first digital signal from a first ADC and a second digital signal from a second ADC, wherein the second digital signal is more non-linear than the first digital signal. The dual-path systems may also be configured to determine one or more non-linear coefficients of the second digital signal based, at least in part, on processing of the first and second digital signals. The dual-path systems may be further configured to modify the second digital signal based, at least in part, on the determined one or more non-linear coefficients to generate a more linear second digital signal.
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