摘要:
The described analog-digital converter comprises quantization means (DAC, COMP) having an input for receiving an analog quantity to be converted (VIN), a register (REG) having an output (OUTBUS) for providing a digital quantity corresponding to the analog quantity, a timing pulse generator (CLK-GEN) and logic means (LOG) connected to the quantization means (DAC, COMP), the register (REG) and the timing pulse generator (CLK-GEN) and capable of responding to a conversion request signal (CONVREQ) by activating the quantization means in such a manner as to make them carry out predetermined operations timed by the timing pulses and load into the register (REG) the digital quantity to be provided at the output (OUTBUS). With a view to permitting the converter to function even when a system clock is not available, the timing pulse generator (CLK-GEN), which is incorporated in the integrated circuit that comprises the rest of the converter, comprises an oscillator capable of being started/stopped by a binary signal applied to its activation input (STOP) and the logic means are capable of generating a stop signal (RESOSC) of the oscillator and comprise means (MONOST, OR) for generating the binary signal to be applied to the activation input (STOP) of the oscillator (CLK-GEN). This signal assumes a first or a second binary state corresponding, respectively, to activation and deactivation of the oscillator in response to, respectively, the conversion request signal (CONVREQ) and the stop signal (RESOSC) of the oscillator.
摘要:
The described circuit comprises a first stage with an inverter (INV1), a capacitor (C1) connected to the input terminal of the inverter, a constant current generator (G1) and an electronic switch (M1) controlled by an input pulse (IN). The capacitor (C1) begins to charge at a predetermined edge of the input pulse and brings the input terminal of the inverter (INV1) from a first voltage (ground) to the switching threshold voltage of the inverter, so that on the output terminal of the inverter there is obtained a pulse having an edge that, as referred to the predetermined edge of the input pulse, has a delay time that depends on the inverter threshold. With a view to obtaining a delay time substantially independent of the inverter threshold, the circuit comprises a second stage, coupled with the first, that is a dual circuit of the circuit of the first stage and has an inverter (INV2) equal to the one of the first stage. The delay time of the circuit is given by the sum of the time needed to charge the capacitor (C1) of the first stage from ground to the threshold voltage and the time needed to discharge the capacitor (C2) of the second stage from the supply voltage (VDD) to the threshold voltage. This sum is independent of the threshold values of the inverters.
摘要:
An area-efficient low-pass, time-invariant, second-order reconstruction filter, particularly for current-driven digital-to-analog converters, comprising: a first resistor (R 1 ) and a first capacitor (C 1 ) which are parallel connected; an operational amplifier (3); a terminal of a second resistor (R 2 ) which is connected to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; another terminal of the second resistor which is connected to a common node of the first resistor (R 1 ) and the first capacitor (C 1 ); a second capacitor (C 2 ), which is fedback between the output of the operational amplifier and the inverting input; the filter further comprising an additional pair of resistors (R 3A , R 3B ) which are arranged so as to be fedback between the output and the inverting input, a current signal (I DAC ) arriving from a digital-to-analog converter arranged upstream of the reconstruction filter being fed to a common node of the additional pair of resistors.