Invention Grant
US07969167B2 Capacitance-to-voltage interface circuit with shared capacitor bank for offsetting and analog-to-digital conversion
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具有共用电容器组的电容 - 电压接口电路用于偏移和模数转换
- Patent Title: Capacitance-to-voltage interface circuit with shared capacitor bank for offsetting and analog-to-digital conversion
- Patent Title (中): 具有共用电容器组的电容 - 电压接口电路用于偏移和模数转换
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Application No.: US12360934Application Date: 2009-01-28
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Publication No.: US07969167B2Publication Date: 2011-06-28
- Inventor: Ashish Khanna , Sung Jin Jo
- Applicant: Ashish Khanna , Sung Jin Jo
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26

Abstract:
A capacitance-to-voltage interface circuit includes a capacitive sensing circuit, an amplification circuit adapted for selective coupling to the capacitive sensing circuit, a capacitor bank comprising a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, and a switching architecture associated with the capacitive sensing circuit, the amplification circuit, and the capacitor bank. The switching architecture reconfigures the capacitance-to-voltage interface circuit for operation in a plurality of different phases, including an amplification phase and an analog-to-digital conversion phase. During the amplification phase, the capacitor bank is utilized for offsetting capacitance of the amplification circuit. During the analog-to-digital conversion phase, the capacitor bank is utilized in a successive approximation register.
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