摘要:
The present invention relates to a sample-and-hold circuit (1) comprising - a transistor (11) arranged for switching between a sample mode and a hold mode, - a bootstrap circuit (2) arranged for maintaining in said sample mode a voltage level between a source terminal and a gate terminal of the transistor independent of the voltage at the source terminal and arranged for switching off the transistor in said hold mode, said bootstrap circuit comprising a bootstrap capacitance (21) arranged for being precharged to a given voltage during said hold mode, said bootstrap capacitance being connected between the source terminal and the gate terminal during said sample mode, characterised in that the bootstrap circuit comprises a switched capacitor charge pump (22) for generating that given voltage.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for estimating bandwidth mismatch in a time-interleaved A/D converter (10) comprising - precharging to a first state second terminals of capacitors (3) in each channel (1) of a plurality of channels and sampling (2) a reference analog input voltage signal (V ref ) applied via a first switchable path (6) whereby the sampled input voltage signal is received at first terminals of said capacitors, - setting in each channel said second terminals to a second state, thereby generating a further reference voltage signal (V diff ) at said first terminals, - applying said reference analog input voltage signal to said first terminals via a second switchable path (7), said second path having a given impedance being higher than the known impedance of said first path, thereby creating on said first terminals a non-zero settling error indicative of an incomplete transition from said further reference voltage signal to said reference analog input voltage signal, - quantizing said settling error, thereby obtaining an estimate of the non-zero settling error in each channel, - comparing said estimates of said non-zero settling errors of said channels and deriving therefrom an estimation of the bandwidth mismatch.