Abstract:
A reverse current protection (RCP) circuit is provided that includes an RCP switch coupled between a power supply rail and a buffer power supply node. A control circuit powered by a buffer supply voltage on the buffer power supply node controls the RCP switch to open in response to a discharge of a power supply voltage carried on the power supply rail.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) implemented with a digital filter for noise shaping. For example, certain aspects provide a circuit for analog-to-digital conversion having: a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) having an output coupled to a sampling node; a comparator having an input coupled to the sampling node; SAR logic having an input coupled to an output of the comparator and at least one output coupled to an input of the first DAC; a quantizer configured to generate a first digital signal representing a voltage at the sampling node; a digital filter configured to apply a filter to the first digital signal; and a second DAC configured to generate an analog signal representing the filtered first digital signal and provide the analog signal to the sampling node.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for attenuating transmit digital to analog converter (DAC) spurs is provided. The method begins when a reference voltage is injected into an amplifier. Next, an output of the ground low drop-out regulator is measured and is them compared with the reference voltage. The output of the amplifier is then adjusted based on the results of the comparison. If the reference voltage is higher then the output of the ground low drop-out regulator the output of the amplifier is adjusted to ground. If the reference voltage is lower than the output of the ground low drop-out regulator then the output of the amplifier is adjusted to match the reference voltage.