Abstract:
A sigma-delta-type converter comprises: a sigma-delta modulator having a digital output having a first prefixed bit number; a randomizer including a circular memory; an analogical reconstruction filter comprising a branch number equal to said first default number including sampling capacitors and a low-pass filter; characterized in that said circular memory comprises a number of elements equal to said first default number of bits less one and receives in input said first default number of bits less one, and in that a bit of said first default number of bits is applied to one of said branches of said reconstruction filter.
Abstract:
A control system for the characteristic parameters of an active filter includes: a system for the determination of the technological distribution of the components that provides the information related to said technological distribution of the components; an elaboration system for said information related to said technological distribution of the components; an active filter including at least two programmable passive circuital elements receiving said information related to said technological distribution of the components; said elaboration system, being aware of the topology for said active filter, comprises means for determining the value for said at least two programmable passive circuital elements; means for correcting the value for said at least two programmable passive circuital elements according to the value of the information related to said technological distribution of the components; means for determining the programming values for said at least two programmable passive circuital elements.
Abstract:
A method of self-calibrating a modulator includes at least one integrator likely to incur a phase error may include reading a pulse response of the modulator, calculating a phase error parameter of the at least one integrator, and calibrating the phase error parameter. In addition, the calibration may provide a count of pulse response samples above suitable threshold values, as well as a change in the value of a capacitor associated with the integrator based upon the sample count.