Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chopper stabilized sigma delta ADC
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Application No.: US15259205Application Date: 2016-09-08
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Publication No.: US09685967B1Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Mario Motz , Dan Stoica , Andrei Gheorghe
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M3/00

Abstract:
A ΣΔ ADC includes a forward path, a feedback path, and offset compensation circuitry. The forward path is configured to convert an analog input signal to a digital output signal and includes analog chopper circuitry configured to shift the analog input signal to a chopper frequency to generate a chopped analog signal. The feedback path includes a ΣΔ DAC configured to convert a digital offset compensation signal configured to compensate for offset error in the analog input signal to an analog feedback signal that is subtracted from a forward path signal. The offset compensation circuitry is configured to accumulate a chopped digital signal from the forward path to generate a digital offset error signal; add the digital offset error signal to the digital output signal to generate the digital offset compensation signal; and provide the digital offset compensation signal to the ΣΔ DAC.
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