Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a communication transmitter and receiver include an adaptive filter and a decision feedback equalizer as well as cross-talk cancellers. The adaptive filter is configured to receive an input signal and includes a continuous analog delay circuit with a plurality of Padé-based delay elements.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a communication transmitter and receiver include an adaptive filter and a decision feedback equalizer as well as cross-talk cancellers. The adaptive filter is configured to receive an input signal and includes a continuous analog delay circuit with a plurality of Padé-based delay elements.
Abstract:
An operational amplifier includes an operational amplifier circuit having at least one output node and an output stage coupled to the output node, the output stage containing an output and first MOS transistor employed in a common source amplifier mode, a frequency compensation capacitor coupled between the output of the output stage and the gate of the first transistor circuit by means of a second MOS transistor employed in a common gate amplifier mode. The other node of the capacitor and the output of the output stage are coupled to the amplifier output node with a resistor.
Abstract:
A differential successive approximation analog to digital converter including: a comparator; a first plurality of capacitors coupled between a corresponding plurality of first switches and a first input of the comparator, at least one of the first capacitors being arranged to receive a first component of a differential input signal; and a second plurality of capacitors coupled between a corresponding plurality of second switches and a second input of the comparator, at least one of the second capacitors being arranged to receive a second component of the differential input signal, wherein each of the first and second plurality of switches are each adapted to independently couple the corresponding capacitor to a selected one of: a first supply voltage level; a second supply voltage level; and a third supply voltage level; and control circuitry adapted to sample the differential input voltage during a sample phase, and to control the first and second switches to couple each capacitor of the first and second plurality of capacitors to the third supply voltage level at the start of a voltage conversion phase.
Abstract:
A track-and-hold circuit comprises at least first and second amplifier stages, and switched capacitor circuitry coupled between the first and second amplifier stages. In a track mode of operation of the track-and-hold circuit, the switched capacitor circuitry is configured to decouple inputs of the second amplifier stage from respective outputs of the first amplifier stage and to couple the inputs of the second amplifier stage to a common mode voltage via respective first and second capacitors. In a hold mode of operation of the track-and-hold circuit, the switched capacitor circuitry is configured to couple the inputs of the second amplifier stage to the respective outputs of the first amplifier stage via the respective first and second capacitors. Multiple instances of the track-and-hold circuit may be implemented in parallel in a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter.
Abstract:
A high-speed sampling system and an analog to digital converter are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of sampling a signal includes receiving an analog signal and generating first samples at a rate of Fs, and generating second sub-samples from the first samples at a rate of Fs/N and having a relative phase of approximately (360/N)*(i−1) degrees, where i varies from 1 to N. In a first embodiment, at most two second sub-samplers are tracking the output of the first sampler at any point in time. In a second embodiment, only one of the N second sub-samplers are tracking the output of the first sampler at any point in time. A third embodiment further includes generating third samples from the second samples at a rate of Fs/N, and having a relative phase of approximately ((360/N)*(i−1)+180) degrees. A method of interleaved analog to digital converting includes corresponding time interleaved ADCs receiving the third samples.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for a controlled current source are provided. The apparatus may include at least one current cell. Each current cell includes first, second and third transistors. The first transistor can be configured as a switch transistor. The second transistor can be configured as a current controller and can be coupled in series with the first transistor. The third transistor has a gate and a substrate coupled to a gate and a substrate of the second transistor, respectively. The drain and source of the third transistor can be coupled to a second input configured to receive a second signal that is a compliment of a first signal received at an input of the first transistor.
Abstract:
A track-and-hold circuit comprises at least first and second amplifier stages, and switched capacitor circuitry coupled between the first and second amplifier stages. In a track mode of operation of the track-and-hold circuit, the switched capacitor circuitry is configured to decouple inputs of the second amplifier stage from respective outputs of the first amplifier stage and to couple the inputs of the second amplifier stage to a common mode voltage via respective first and second capacitors. In a hold mode of operation of the track-and-hold circuit, the switched capacitor circuitry is configured to couple the inputs of the second amplifier stage to the respective outputs of the first amplifier stage via the respective first and second capacitors. Multiple instances of the track-and-hold circuit may be implemented in parallel in a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter.
Abstract:
An operational amplifier includes an operational amplifier circuit having at least one output node and an output stage coupled to the output node, the output stage containing an output and first MOS transistor employed in a common source amplifier mode, a frequency compensation capacitor coupled between the output of the output stage and the gate of the first transistor circuit by means of a second MOS transistor employed in a common gate amplifier mode. The other node of the capacitor and the output of the output stage are coupled to the amplifier output node with a resistor.
Abstract:
A gigabit ethernet line driver includes a transmitter having both transmitter and active hybrid outputs. The transmitter consists of a plurality of transmitter clusters each connected to both the transmitter and active hybrid outputs. Each transmitter cluster includes a plurality of transmitter cells consisting of a driver cell and digital to analog converter connected to driver cell. A hybrid circuit connects between the transmitter outputs and receiver inputs for separating a receiver signal from the transmitter signal responsive to a tuning signal. The hybrid circuit includes first and second resistor strings connected between the receiver inputs and the transmitter outputs, the first and second resistor strings each having many resistors with taps on each of the resistors; corresponding transistor switches connecting the taps of each of the first and second resistor strings to the hybrid inputs; and a circuit that selects a pair of the plurality of transistor switches connecting to a particular tap in response to the tuning signal such that a current to compensate for a transmitted signal is provided at the receiver inputs.