Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration circuit for an adjustable capacitance
- Patent Title (中): 可调电容的校准电路
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Application No.: US12035235Application Date: 2008-02-21
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Publication No.: US07986181B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Pierangelo Confalonieri , Riccardo Martignone , Germano Nicollini
- Applicant: Pierangelo Confalonieri , Riccardo Martignone , Germano Nicollini
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group PLLC
- Agent E. Russell Tarleton
- Priority: EP07425099 20070223
- Main IPC: H03K5/00
- IPC: H03K5/00

Abstract:
A calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance, the calibration circuit generating a calibration signal for calibrating the capacitance and including a calibration loop, suitable to carry out a calibration cycle in several sequential steps. The calibration circuit includes a controllable capacitance for receiving a control signal and including an array of switched capacitors selectively activated by the control signal to connect to a first common node that conducts a voltage value depending on the total capacitance value of the activated capacitors; an assessment unit for comparing this voltage value with a reference voltage to output a logic signal that can transition between first and second logic levels; a control and timing unit to receive the logic signal and change the control signal to carry out a subsequent calibration step that is provided at the end of the integration interval during a comparison interval of a preset duration, which allows a transition of the logic signal to occur prior to the beginning of the consecutive calibration step.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090051401A1 CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR AN ADJUSTABLE CAPACITANCE Public/Granted day:2009-02-26
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