Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chopper-stabilized analog-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 斩波稳定的模数转换器
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Application No.: US11861939Application Date: 2007-09-26
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Publication No.: US07714757B2Publication Date: 2010-05-11
- Inventor: Timothy J. Denison , Joel A. Anderson , Michael W. Heinks
- Applicant: Timothy J. Denison , Joel A. Anderson , Michael W. Heinks
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H03M3/00
- IPC: H03M3/00

Abstract:
This disclosure describes a chopper-stabilized sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC is configured to provide accurate output at low frequency with relatively low power. The chopper-stabilized ADC substantially reduces or eliminates noise and offset from an output signal produced by the mixer amplifier. Dynamic limitations, i.e., glitching that result from chopper stabilization at low power are substantially eliminated or reduced through a combination of chopping at low impedance nodes within the mixer amplifier and feedback. The signal path of the ADC operates as a continuous time system, providing minimal aliasing of noise or external signals entering the signal pathway at the chop frequency or its harmonics. In this manner, the chopper-stabilized ADC can be used in a low power system, such as an implantable medical device (IMD), to provide a stable, low-noise output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090079607A1 CHOPPER-STABILIZED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2009-03-26
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