METHOD OF APPLYING A DITHER, AND ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190280706A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16052890

    申请日:2018-08-02

    Abstract: A dither is an uncorrelated signal, usually pseudo-random noise injected into the input of an ADC such that a given input value of the wanted signal becomes spread over a plurality of codes. This reduces the effect of DNL and also smooths the integral non-linearity (INL) response of the ADC. The advantages of introducing dither could be obtained without having to perturb the signal input to the ADC. This avoids the introduction of additional components in the ADC. The dither can be applied to the components used to form a residue of the ADC stage within a pipelined converter. For example, a dither can be applied solely to a DAC part or different dithers can be applied to a ADC and DAC parts respectively. This allows greater flexibility of linearization of the ADC response and the formation of an analog residue by the DAC.

    VOLTAGE CONTROLLED CURRENT PATH, A VOLTAGE CLAMP, AND AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING A VOLTAGE CLAMP
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    VOLTAGE CONTROLLED CURRENT PATH, A VOLTAGE CLAMP, AND AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING A VOLTAGE CLAMP 审中-公开
    电压控制电流路径,电压钳和包括电压钳位的电子元件

    公开(公告)号:US20160336931A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US14713538

    申请日:2015-05-15

    CPC classification number: H03K5/08 H02H9/04 H02H9/041

    Abstract: According to a first aspect of this disclosure there is provided a voltage controlled current path. The voltage controlled current path comprises a first stage arranged to conduct current once the voltage at an input node of the first stage exceeds a threshold value. The amount of current that passes through the first stage is a function of the voltage at the input node. A second stage is arranged to pass a current that is a function of the current passing through the first stage.

    Abstract translation: 根据本公开的第一方面,提供了一种电压控制电流路径。 电压控制电流路径包括第一级,其布置成在第一级的输入节点处的电压超过阈值时导通电流。 通过第一级的电流量是输入节点处的电压的函数。 布置第二级以通过作为通过第一级的电流的函数的电流。

    METHOD OF LINEARIZING THE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTIC BY DYNAMIC ELEMENT MATCHING

    公开(公告)号:US20190280704A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16053455

    申请日:2018-08-02

    Abstract: A stage, suitable for use in and analog to digital converter or a digital to analog converter, comprises a plurality of slices. The slices can be operated together to form a composite output having reduced thermal noise, while each slice on its own has sufficiently small capacitance to respond quickly to changes in digital codes applied to the slice. This allows a fast conversion to be achieved without loss of noise performance. The slices can be sub-divided to reduce scaling mismatch between the most significant bit and the least significant bit. A shuffling scheme is implemented that allows shuffling to occur between the sub-sections of the slices without needing to implement a massively complex shuffler.

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