Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Track-and-hold circuit with low distortion
- Patent Title (中): 具有低失真的跟踪保持电路
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Application No.: US13654575Application Date: 2012-10-18
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Publication No.: US08941414B2Publication Date: 2015-01-27
- Inventor: Marco Corsi , Robert F. Payne
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Alan A. R. Cooper; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03K5/00
- IPC: H03K5/00 ; G11C27/02 ; H03M1/06 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
A track-and-hold circuit is provided. This track-and-hold circuit is adapted to track an analog input signal and hold a sampled voltage of the analog input signal at a sampling instant for processing by other circuitry, in response to a track signal that alternates with a hold signal. Preferably, the track-and-hold circuit includes a bi-directional current source that sources and sinks current through a first output node and a second output node, a unity gain amplifier that is coupled to first and second output nodes of the bi-directional current source and that receives the analog input signal, a resistor coupled to an output of the unity gain amplifier, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and ground. Of interest, however, is the bi-directional current source, which includes a differential input circuit that is adapted to receive the track signal and the hold signal and that is coupled to the first and second output nodes and an RC network that is coupled to the differential input circuit. The RC network receives the analog input signal and is scaled to change the location of a zero to reduce the signal-dependence of the sampling instant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130038480A1 TRACK-AND-HOLD CIRCUIT WITH LOW DISTORTION Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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