Abstract:
A system and method for improving the dynamic performance in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) by randomizing the differential mismatch. The differential mismatch in an input analog signal is randomized by flipping the input signal and output signal randomly.
Abstract:
A method for reducing transmit echo in a DSL modem comprises selecting at least one cancellation device of a plurality of cancellation devices. An attenuation signal is generated using the selected cancellation device. At least a portion of transmit echo is removed from a receive signal using the attenuation signal.
Abstract:
A receiver, implemented with low noise and low distortion, to process an input signal containing signals of interest and unwanted interference signal. In an embodiment, the receiver contains a mixer which generates an intermediate signal in the form of an electric current, and a filter which filters the unwanted interference signals from the intermediate signal. The intermediate signal is centered around a lower frequency compared to a carrier frequency of the input signal. Due to the current mode interface between the mixer and the filter circuit, low noise and low distortion may be attained.
Abstract:
A low distortion filter circuit implementing variable gain amplification (VGA). An aspect of the present invention increases the degrees of freedom (number of components which can be independently programmed/changed to corresponding desired values) to achieve a desired combination of D.C. gain and filter characteristics (e.g., corner frequency, Q-factor, notch frequency, etc.). Such additional degrees of freedom are attained by including additional components in either on input block or a feedback block (implemented with reference to an operational amplifier), and by redesigning the other block using principles such as admittance concellation to remove the effects of such additional components. The blocks are designed such that a terminal of the programmable components is connected to a fixed/constant voltage (e.g., ground). Embodiments implementing bi-quad single amplifier with and without notch are disclosed.
Abstract:
A sigma delta modulator (350) can be utilized in the Digital-to-Analog (DAC) portion (144) of a modem (120) to achieve a desired level of gain programming. A set of step coefficients (GP2, GP4) are utilized to determined the step size and thereby the overall gain of the modulator (350). A feedback path is provided and configured to deliver the output of the modulator to a gain control block (355) which provides control and stability across the entire transmission bandwidth. A multilevel digital output (320) is provided which represents levels of signal in the digital domain and reduces the number of discrete components required to achieve a particular amount of gain.