DELAY-BASED RESIDUE STAGE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200259501A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16860145

    申请日:2020-04-28

    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter, comprising: a voltage to delay circuit having a voltage input, a threshold voltage input, a first output and a second output, wherein a leading edge of the first output is delayed, by a first delay magnitude, in relationship to a leading edge of the second output; and a first stage including: a first logic gate having a first input coupled to the first output of the voltage to delay circuit, a second input coupled to the second output of the voltage to delay circuit, and an output; and a first stage delay comparator having a first input coupled to the first output of the voltage to delay circuit, a second input coupled to the second output of the voltage to delay circuit, a sign signal output and a first stage delay comparator output, wherein the sign signal output represents whether the voltage input is greater than or less than the threshold voltage input. The analog-to-digital converter further includes a digital block having an input connected to the sign signal output of the delay comparator.

    ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH AN OVER-RANGE STAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20250023575A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18524652

    申请日:2023-11-30

    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes: a time-domain ADC core; and a calibration circuit. The time-domain ADC core includes: a first delay-to-digital stage having a terminal; a second delay-to-digital stage having a terminal; a third delay-to-digital stage having a terminal. The calibration circuitry is coupled to the terminal of the first delay-to-digital stage, the terminal of the second delay-to-digital stage, and the terminal of the third delay-to-digital stage of stages. The calibration circuitry is configured to calibrate the first delay-to-digital stage, the second delay-to-digital stage, and the third delay-to-digital stage based on a zero-crossing calibration and an over-range calibration. The over-range calibration sets a maximum threshold and a minimum threshold for the time-domain ADC relative to a reference voltage.

    CONVERSION AND FOLDING CIRCUIT FOR DELAY-BASED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200259502A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16860334

    申请日:2020-04-28

    Abstract: An RF receiver including: an antenna cable of receiving an RF signal; a low noise amplifier coupled to the antenna and having an output; a bandpass filter coupled to the output of the low noise amplifier and having a voltage signal output, VIN; a conversion and folding circuit; and an analog-to-digital converter for converting the earlier-arriving or later-arriving delay signals into a digital code representing the voltage signal. The conversion and folding circuit having: a voltage-to-delay converter block, including preamplifiers, for converting the voltage signal into delay signals; and a folding block, including logic gates coupled to the preamplifiers, for selecting earlier-arriving and later-arriving ones of the delay signals; and

    DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE-TO-DELAY CONVERTER WITH IMPROVED CMRR

    公开(公告)号:US20220271764A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17182339

    申请日:2021-02-23

    Abstract: A voltage-to-delay converter converts input signals into delay signals, and includes: a first stage for receiving the input signals and for generating intermediate output signals, wherein timing of the intermediate output signals corresponds to voltages of the input signals, and wherein the first stage has a voltage source for providing a rail-to-rail voltage; and a second stage for receiving the intermediate output signals and for generating rail-to-rail output signals, wherein timing of the rail-to-rail output signals corresponds to the timing of the intermediate output signals, and wherein voltage of the rail-to-rail output signals corresponds to the rail-to-rail voltage. A voltage-to-delay converter block is also described. A circuit for receiving differential input signals, generating corresponding output signals, and removing common mode signals from the output signals is also described.

    DELAY FOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220200620A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17129180

    申请日:2020-12-21

    Abstract: A system for converting a voltage into output codes includes logic gates for processing delay signals based on earlier and later arriving signals generated by preamplifiers, delay comparators for generating digital signals representative of most significant bits of respective codes, and for transmitting delay residue signals representative of less significant bits of the codes, and an auxiliary delay comparator for generating an auxiliary digital signal for use in generating the output codes. A system may include logic gates for generating delay signals based on earlier and later arriving signals, delay comparators for generating digital signals representative of most significant bits of respective codes, and for transmitting delay residue signals representative of less significant bits, and a multiplexer system for transmitting a selected one of the residue signals.

    ALTERNATELY UPDATED DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190379391A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-12

    申请号:US16434526

    申请日:2019-06-07

    Abstract: A modulator of an analog to digital converter includes a quantizer component configured to generate a digital signal based on a clock input operating at a sample rate. The modulator further includes a first digital to analog converter (DAC) configured to generate first DAC output at half the sample rate. The modulator further includes a second DAC configured to generate second DAC output at half the sample rate, where the first DAC and the second DAC are updated at alternate cycles of the clock input.

    MULTI-POINT REFERENCE DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20250007528A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18394031

    申请日:2023-12-22

    Abstract: A circuit includes an amplifier, a pre-driver circuit, and an output circuit. The amplifier has a first input, a second input, and an output. The pre-driver circuit has an input coupled to the output of the amplifier, a first output, a second output, and a third output coupled to the second input of the amplifier. The output circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a control terminal coupled to the first output of the pre-driver circuit; a first terminal, and a second terminal coupled to the third output of the pre-driver circuit. The second transistor has a control terminal coupled to the second output of the pre-driver circuit, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to a reference terminal.

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