CURRENT SENSING ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD OF USE
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    发明公开
    CURRENT SENSING ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD OF USE 有权
    电流测量的模拟/数字转换器和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1847003A4

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-29

    申请号:EP06718784

    申请日:2006-01-18

    申请人: ATMEL CORP

    CPC分类号: H03M3/462 G01R19/2509

    摘要: A current sensing analog to digital converter (CS-ADC) is disclosed. The current sensing analog to digital converter comprises a modulator adapted to sense a change in current and generate an oversampled signal. The converter further includes a decimation filter system coupled to modulator for removing out of band noise from the signal and reduce the data rate to achieve a high resolution signal. A current sensing analog to digital converter (CS-ADC) is disclosed that samples the charge or discharge current flowing through an external sense resistor R SENSE The sample from the R SENSE is processed by a delta-sigma modulator which generates an over sampled noise shaped sigrxal. From this signal a decimation filter system removes the out-of band noise and reduces the data rate to achieve a high-resolution signal. The CS-ADC also provides regular current detection. The regular current detection compares the data from conversion against charge/discharge threshold levels specified by the user. To save power a special mode where the user configures the regular current sampling interval is provided. This allows ultra-low power operation in power-save mode when small charge or discharge currents are flowing.