Circuitry, sensor system, method of generating a voltage, and method of operating a sensor system

    公开(公告)号:US10816642B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16011657

    申请日:2018-06-19

    Abstract: In various embodiments, a circuitry configured to generate a voltage is provided. The circuitry may include a sequence generator configured to provide a sequence of data words consisting of bits. The number of bits is greater than two. The circuitry may further include a delta-sigma modulator configured to receive the sequence of data words provided by the sequence generator and to provide a delta-sigma modulated first single bit data stream at a first data rate, and a decimation filter configured to generate a stream of decimated data words from the first single bit data stream at a second data rate. The second data rate may be smaller than the first data rate, each decimated data word including a plurality of bits. The circuitry may further include a parallel-to-serial converter configured to convert the decimated data words to a second single bit data stream while preserving the second data rate.

    PAD ASYMMETRY COMPENSATION
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190068214A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US15690728

    申请日:2017-08-30

    Abstract: A modulator including a delta-sigma modulation circuit having an order greater than 1, and configured to modulate an input signal into a Pulse Density Modulated (PDM) signal; and a Pad Asymmetric Compensation (PAC) circuit configured to linearize a relation between a magnitude of the input signal and a number of rise or fall transitions of the PDM signal by maximizing the number of rise or fall transitions of the PDM signal, and to output a modified PDM signal, wherein the linearized relation is for compensating for any offset in the PDM signal.

    Implementation to detect failure or fault on an analog input path for single analog input functional safety applications

    公开(公告)号:US11668763B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17739347

    申请日:2022-05-09

    CPC classification number: G01R31/54 H03M1/124

    Abstract: An analog fault detection circuit is disclosed. The analog fault detection circuit comprises an input terminal, an input circuit path coupled to the input terminal at a first end and a first sampling switch coupled to the second end of the input circuit path. The first sampling switch is configured to sample an input path voltage at the second end of the input circuit path to provide a first analog to digital converter (ADC) input voltage. The analog fault detection circuit further comprises a first ADC conversion circuit configured to convert the first ADC input voltage to a first digital ADC output; and a first broken wire detection circuit coupled between the first sampling switch and the first ADC conversion circuit, and configured to adaptively pulldown or pullup the first ADC input voltage, in order to detect a fault associated with a first analog circuit path.

    Pulse density modulation adjustment

    公开(公告)号:US10523190B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15824345

    申请日:2017-11-28

    Abstract: A modulator having a pulse density modulator configured to generate from bit stream information a Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) stream based on a PDM clock; and a bit stream adjuster configured to divide the PDM clock into a PDM multi-phase clock, adjust a duration of at least one pulse of the generated PDM stream by selecting a PDM clock phase of the PDM multi-phase clock for sampling the generated PDM stream, and output an adjusted PDM stream.

    PULSE DENSITY MODULATION ADJUSTMENT
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190165775A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US15824345

    申请日:2017-11-28

    Abstract: A modulator having a pulse density modulator configured to generate from bit stream information a Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) stream based on a PDM clock; and a bit stream adjuster configured to divide the PDM clock into a PDM multi-phase clock, adjust a duration of at least one pulse of the generated PDM stream by selecting a PDM clock phase of the PDM multi-phase clock for sampling the generated PDM stream, and output an adjusted PDM stream.

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