Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge sharing analog computation circuitry and applications
- Patent Title (中): 电荷共享模拟计算电路和应用
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Application No.: US13813101Application Date: 2011-08-18
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Publication No.: US08547272B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Eric Nestler , Vladimir Zlatkovic , Jeffrey Venuti
- Applicant: Eric Nestler , Vladimir Zlatkovic , Jeffrey Venuti
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2011/048278 WO 20110818
- International Announcement: WO2012/024507 WO 20120223
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12

Abstract:
In one aspect, reduced power consumption and/or circuit area of a discrete time analog signal processing module is achieved in an approach that makes use of entirely, or largely, passive charge sharing circuitry, which may include configurable (e.g., after fabrication, at runtime) multiplicative scaling stages that do not require active devices in the signal path. In some examples, multiplicative coefficients are represented digitally, and are transformed to configure the reconfigurable circuitry to achieve a linear relationship between a desired coefficient and a degree of charge transfer. In some examples, multiple successive charge sharing phases are used to achieve a desired multiplicative effect that provides a large dynamic range of coefficients without requiring a commensurate range of sizes of capacitive elements. The scaling circuits can be combined to form configurable time domain or frequency domain filters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130207827A1 CHARGE SHARING ANALOG COMPUTATION CIRCUITRY AND APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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