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- Patent Title: Apparatus for calibrating a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US16369237Application Date: 2019-03-29
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Publication No.: US10601434B1Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Albert Molina , Kameran Azadet , Matteo Camponeschi , Jose Luis Ceballos , Christian Lindholm , Hundo Shin , Martin Clara
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: unknown Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: unknown Santa Clara
- Agency: 2SPL Patent Attorneys PartG mbB
- Agent Kieran O'Leary
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10 ; H04B1/16 ; H04W88/08

Abstract:
An apparatus for calibrating a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter including a plurality of time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter circuits is provided. The apparatus includes an analog signal generation circuit configured to generate an analog calibration signal based on a digital calibration signal representing one or more digital data sequences for calibration. The analog calibration signal is a wideband signal. Further, the apparatus includes a coupling circuit configured to controllably couple an input node of the time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter to either the analog signal generation circuit or to a node capable of providing an analog signal for digitization.
Public/Granted literature
- US2157885A Joint for pipes and other metal members Public/Granted day:1939-05-09
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