摘要:
A skewless differential switching circuit uses skewless switching elements to convert complementary signals with skew into complementary output signals with minimal time skew between the output signals and with equalized rise and fall times of the output signals for minimum harmonic distortion.
摘要:
An averaging circuit includes: input signal nodes for providing input signals 330; a multiplexing circuit 320 coupled to the input signal nodes for switching between the input signals 330 to create a time waveform; a low pass filter 300 coupled to an output 340 of the multiplexing circuit 320 for filtering the time waveform to create an average signal; and an average replication circuit 310 coupled to an output 350 of the low pass filter 300.
摘要:
A segmented digital-to-analog converter includes: upper segments 200, 210, and 220; a thermometer decoder 400; a randomizing circuit 410 coupled between the thermometer decoder 400 and the upper segments 200, 210, and 220 for randomizing an output of the thermometer decoder 400; a divider location selector circuit 420 coupled between the randomizing circuit 410 and the upper segments 200, 210, and 220 for choosing a selected segment from the upper segments 200, 210, and 220; and lower segments 225 coupled to the selected segment.
摘要:
A system for processing a signal includes a detector configured to detect a two-level stream of bits; a converter configured to generate a three-level control signal based on two adjacent values within the two-level stream of bits; and a switch configured to determine which of three different paths to couple a current source to based on a value of the three-level control signal. Thus, based on adjacent values of the output stream a three-level control signal is generated which controls coupling of the current source to one of three different paths. This type of three-level digital-to-analog converter can be, for example, part of the feedback loop of an analog-to-digital converter. Similar techniques can also be utilized in a multi-segment digital-to-analog converter in which each segment of the DAC is controlled by a 3-level control signal and the DAC is implement using PMOS devices. The current source for each DAC segment is diverted to ground, the M-node, or the P-node depending on the value of the 3-level control signal.
摘要:
A system for processing a signal includes a detector configured to detect a two-level stream of bits; a converter configured to generate a three-level control signal based on two adjacent values within the two-level stream of bits; and a switch configured to determine which of three different paths to couple a current source to based on a value of the three-level control signal. Thus, based on adjacent values of the output stream a three-level control signal is generated which controls coupling of the current source to one of three different paths. This type of three-level digital-to-analog converter can be, for example, part of the feedback loop of an analog-to-digital converter. Similar techniques can also be utilized in a multi-segment digital-to-analog converter in which each segment of the DAC is controlled by a 3-level control signal and the DAC is implement using PMOS devices. The current source for each DAC segment is diverted to ground, the M-node, or the P-node depending on the value of the 3-level control signal.