摘要:
The present invention is related to an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter circuit arranged for receiving an analog input signal (1) and for outputting a digital representation (6) of said analog input signal (1). The A/D converter circuit comprises: - a first converter stage (2) configured for receiving the analog input signal (1) and for generating a first set (3) of conversion bits, a first completion signal (7) and a residual analog output signal (4) representing the difference between the analog input signal and a signal represented by said first set of conversion bits, - a second converter stage (5) comprising o a clock generation circuit (8) arranged for receiving the first completion signal and for generating a clock signal, o a plurality of comparators each being configured for receiving the residual analog output signal and a common reference voltage, said plurality of comparators arranged for being activated by the clock signal and for outputting a plurality of comparator decisions, o a digital processing stage (9) configured for receiving the plurality of comparator decisions and for generating a second set of conversion bits,
- means for generating the digital representation of the analog input signal by combining the first and second set of conversion bits.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention may provide accuracy enhancement techniques to improve ADC SNRs. For example, regular bit trials from a most significant bit (MSB) to predetermined less significant bit of a digital word and extra bit trials may be performed. The results of the regular and extra bit trials may be combined to generate a digital output signal. A residue error may be measured, and the digital output signal may be adjusted based on the measured residue error.
摘要:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a probabilistic analog to digital converter (ADC). The probabilistic ADC may be configured to convert an analog input to a variable-length or variable-amplitude pulse, apply the pulse to a plurality of memory elements as a switching pulse, and determine a digital value based on a number of memory elements that store a value after the switching pulse is applied.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for reducing spurious output noise in digital frequency synthesizers that employ a sine amplitude converter (16) connected to a Digital-to-Analog converter (18) for generating an analog waveform from sine amplitude data. The method comprises the steps of adding random or pseudorandom numbers which are scaled to have a predetermined magnitude to the sine amplitude data and transferring a resulting addend to the Digital-to-Analog converter (18). The apparatus comprises a summation circuit (22) connected between an output of the sine function converter (18) and an input of the digital-to-analog converter and connected to a random or pseudorandom number generator (24) at a second input. A scale element (26) adjusts the pseudorandom number magnitude to provide numbers having values in the range +/- 1/2 times a minimum quantization step or at least significant bit of the Digital-to-Analog converter (18) resolution where n is greater than or equal to 1.