Abstract:
A D-type flip-flop (DFF) includes an input circuit having a plurality of transistors configured to receive a clock signal and a data signal, a first inverter (INV1) having a pair of transistors, the first inverter configured to receive an input voltage (x) from the input circuit at a first inverter input, the first inverter configured to provide an output voltage (y) to a first inverter output, a second inverter (INV2) coupled to the first inverter (INV1), the second inverter having a second inverter input and a second inverter output, the second inverter input coupled to the first inverter output, a third inverter (INV3) coupled to the second inverter (INV2), the third inverter having a third inverter input and a third inverter output, and a current device coupled to the first inverter output, the current device configured to provide a current at the first inverter output.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a delta-sigma modulator (DSM) using time-interleaved (TI) successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). For example, two SAR ADCs may be configured to alternately sample and process an input signal and provide a feedback signal for the DSM using excess loop delay (ELD). In other aspects, the DSM may be implemented using a two-step SAR quantizer. For example, a first SAR ADC may sample an input signal to generate a most-significant bit (MSB) portion of an output of the DSM, while the second SAR ADC may subsequently sample a residue from the first SAR ADC conversion and generate a least-significant bit (LSB) portion of the output of the DSM. With these techniques, higher bandwidths may be obtained in high accuracy delta-sigma ADCs without using increased sampling rates.
Abstract:
A D-type flip-flop (DFF) includes an input circuit having a plurality of transistors configured to receive a clock signal and a data signal, a first inverter (INV1) having a pair of transistors, the first inverter configured to receive an input voltage (x) from the input circuit at a first inverter input, the first inverter configured to provide an output voltage (y) to a first inverter output, a second inverter (INV2) coupled to the first inverter (INV1), the second inverter having a second inverter input and a second inverter output, the second inverter input coupled to the first inverter output, a third inverter (INV3) coupled to the second inverter (INV2), the third inverter having a third inverter input and a third inverter output, and a current device coupled to the first inverter output, the current device configured to provide a current at the first inverter output.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and techniques for analog-to-digital conversion using a time-to-digital converter (TDC). For example, certain aspects provide a quantizer using a TDC. The quantizer may include at least one first capacitive element and a set of switches configured to selectively couple a first terminal and a second terminal of the at least one first capacitive element to at least one input voltage source. The TDC may also include a reference voltage source, at least one switch coupled between the second terminal of the at least one first capacitive element and an output of the reference voltage source, a current source selectively coupled to the first terminal of the at least one first capacitive element, and a voltage sense circuit coupled to the first terminal of the at least one first capacitive element.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a first plurality of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and a cascaded switch configured to route outputs of the first plurality of LNAs to a second plurality of LNAs.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are related to voltage regulators. A device may include a first energy storage element coupled between a ground voltage and an output. The device may also include a second energy storage element coupled to the ground voltage and configured to selectively couple to the output. Further, the device may include a voltage regulator coupled between an input and the second energy storage element.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a first plurality of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and a cascaded switch configured to route outputs of the first plurality of LNAs to a second plurality of LNAs.
Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter includes: a first input terminal to receive a first input signal; a second input terminal to receive a second input signal; a noise shaping module configured to compare the first input signal to the second input signal received, and to output a digital output signal and a residue signal in a first phase of a noise shaping operation; and a storage module configured to store the residue signal during the first phase of the noise shaping operation, the storage module configured to receive an analog input signal and remove the residue signal from the analog input signal in a second phase of the noise shaping operation to output a new first input signal to the noise shaping module.
Abstract:
A push-pull driver is provided with a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between an input voltage and an output voltage to drive a bias node coupled to a diode-connected bias transistor. The push-pull driver is configured to control the drain-to-source voltage for a source-follower output transistor having its gate tied to a gate for the diode-connected bias transistor to be proportional to the drain-to-source voltage for the diode-connected bias transistor. This proportionality prevents excessive static current variation that would otherwise be present in the source-follower output transistor.