- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for chopping ripple reduction in amplifiers
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Application No.: US14675087Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US09614481B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Evgueni Ivanov
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H03F1/26
- IPC: H03F1/26 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/393

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for digitally-assisted feedback offset correction are provided herein. In certain configurations, an amplifier includes amplification circuitry for providing amplification to an input signal and chopping circuitry for compensating for an input offset voltage of the amplifier. Additionally, the amplifier further includes a digitally-assisted feedback offset correction circuit, which includes a chopping ripple detection circuit, a feedback-path chopping circuit, a digital correction control circuit, and an offset correction circuit. The chopping ripple detection circuit generates a detected ripple signal based on detecting an output ripple of the amplifier. Additionally, the feedback-path chopping circuit demodulates the detected ripple signal using the amplifier's chopping clock signal. The digital correction control circuit receives the demodulated ripple signal, which the digital correction control circuit uses to control a value of a digital offset control signal that controls an amount of input offset correction provided by the offset correction circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160294331A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CHOPPING RIPPLE REDUCTION IN AMPLIFIERS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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