Reference voltage control circuit for a two-step flash analog-to-digital converter

    公开(公告)号:US10181861B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-15

    申请号:US15883623

    申请日:2018-01-30

    IPC分类号: H03M1/36 H03K19/0175

    摘要: A circuit, which is usable in a flash analog-to-digital converter, includes a first switch configured to provide a first reference voltage to a first reference node responsive to a first control signal and a second switch configured to provide the first reference voltage to a second reference node responsive to a second control signal. A third switch is coupled to the first switch and is configured to provide a second reference voltage to the first reference node responsive to a clock signal. Further, a fourth switch is coupled to the second switch and configured to provide the second reference voltage to the second reference node responsive to the clock signal.

    Calibration technique for current steering DAC
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    发明授权
    Calibration technique for current steering DAC 有权
    电流转向DAC的校准技术

    公开(公告)号:US09548752B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-17

    申请号:US15048027

    申请日:2016-02-19

    摘要: The disclosure provides a current steering digital to analog converter (DAC) that includes a plurality of DAC elements. At least one DAC element of the plurality of DAC elements is coupled to a calibration circuit. The calibration circuit includes a fixed current source coupled to a primary node of the DAC element through a first estimation switch. A digital code generator is coupled to the primary node, and generates a first digital code corresponding to a primary voltage generated at the primary node. The digital code generator generates a second digital code. A correction DAC is coupled to the digital code generator and generates a bias voltage based on the second digital code. The bias voltage is provided to the DAC element such that a current flowing through each DAC element of the plurality of DAC elements is equal.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了包括多个DAC元件的电流转向数模转换器(DAC)。 多个DAC元件中的至少一个DAC元件耦合到校准电路。 校准电路包括通过第一估计开关耦合到DAC元件的主节点的固定电流源。 数字码发生器耦合到主节点,并且产生对应于在主节点处产生的主电压的第一数字码。 数字代码生成器产生第二数字代码。 校正DAC耦合到数字代码发生器并且基于第二数字代码产生偏置电压。 偏置电压被提供给DAC元件,使得流过多个DAC元件中的每个DAC元件的电流相等。

    Noise-Shaping of Additive Dither in Analog-to-Digital Converters

    公开(公告)号:US20230344436A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US17729374

    申请日:2022-04-26

    IPC分类号: H03M1/06

    CPC分类号: H03M1/0641 H03M1/0626

    摘要: An analog-to-digital converter circuit module utilizing dither to reduce multiplicative noise. A dither generation circuit generates a noise-shaped analog dither signal having lower amplitudes at frequencies below a cutoff frequency than at frequencies above the cutoff frequency. The noise-shaped analog dither signal is added to the input analog signal to be converted and the summed signal applied to an analog-to-digital converter The dither generation circuit may be implemented as an analog dither generator followed by an analog high-pass filter. The dither generation circuit may alternatively be implemented digitally, for example with a digital noise-shaping filter applying a high-pass digital filter to a pseudo-random binary sequence. The digital dither generation circuit may alternatively be implemented by one or more 1-bit sigma-delta modulators, each generating a bit of a digital dither sequence that is converted to analog.

    Reference voltage control circuit for a two-step flash analog-to-digital converter

    公开(公告)号:US10396814B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US16211259

    申请日:2018-12-06

    IPC分类号: H03M1/36 H03K19/0175

    摘要: A circuit, which is usable in a flash analog-to-digital converter, includes a first switch configured to provide a first reference voltage to a first reference node responsive to a first control signal and a second switch configured to provide the first reference voltage to a second reference node responsive to a second control signal. A third switch is coupled to the first switch and is configured to provide a second reference voltage to the first reference node responsive to a clock signal. Further, a fourth switch is coupled to the second switch and configured to provide the second reference voltage to the second reference node responsive to the clock signal.

    Gain mismatch correction for voltage-to-delay preamplifier array

    公开(公告)号:US11438001B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US17133745

    申请日:2020-12-24

    摘要: A method of using an analog-to-digital converter system includes receiving a sampled voltage corresponding to one of an input voltage and a known voltage, causing preamplifiers to generate output signals based on the sampled voltage, generating first and second signals based on the output signals, causing a delay-resolving delay-to-digital backend to generate a single-bit digital signal representing an order of receipt of the first and second signals, and adjusting one or more of the preamplifiers based on the digital signal. The disclosure also relates to a system which includes a voltage-to-delay frontend and a delay-resolving backend, and to a method which includes causing a delay comparator to generate a single-bit digital signal representing an order of receipt of input signals, causing the comparator to transmit a residue delay signal to a succeeding comparator, and transmitting a signal to adjust one or more of the preamplifiers based on the digital signal.