Abstract:
The present invention relates a method for the subdivision of a period (T c ) for the uniform distribution of additional signal clocks, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of steps wherein a number ADJ of signal clocks are added every 2 i subperiods in function of the most significant bit in said vector (ADJ) and in function of the least significant bit in said counter (AC).
Abstract:
Herein described is a successive-approximation analog-digital converter comprising a logic control circuit (1) timed by means of an external clock signal (clock). Said logic control circuit (1) comprises a register (11), which contains a first digital signal (D1) formed of N bits and obtained from a first analog-digital conversion. Said control circuit (1) is suitable for producing a second digital signal (D) formed of N bits through a second analog-digital conversion in N clock cycles. Said analog-digital converter comprises a digital-analog converter (2) which converts the second digital signal (D) sent by the logic circuit (1) to an analog signal (A), a comparator (3) which compares the analog signal (A) with an analog signal (B) which is in input to the analog-digital converter. The converter comprises a device (20, 4) which enables the increase of the analog signal (A) in output from the digital-analog converter (2) and in input to the comparator (3) of a preset value (Voffs) when the bit of the first digital signal (D1) which corresponds in position to the bit of the second digital signal (D) which must be decided in a clock cycle is zero.
Abstract:
The present invention relates a frequency multiplier circuit and a controlling method thereof, characterised in that it measures a period (T c ) of a waveform by a fixed frequency timing signal (f sys ), and that it reproduces said period (T c ) by approaching a number of prefixed length (T sys ) subperiods as equal as possible to each other so to minimise the reproduction error (ε) thanks to the interpretation of said subperiod number (m) in the following manner m = j * 2 i .