Abstract:
An open-loop class-D amplifier (300) comprises a generation device (307) of a triangular wave signal (v tri (t)) having a differential output. Furthermore, the amplifier comprises at least one comparing circuit (302) provided with first differential input terminals (S+,S-) in order to receive a first signal (v in (t)) and second differential input terminals (T+,T-) in order to receive the triangular signal. In addition, the amplifier comprises a power stage (300') in order to give an output signal (v out (t)) to a load (306) and a terminal connectable to a power supply potential (V A ). The amplifier is characterized in that the generation device is such that the triangular signal has a peak value (V tri ) which is substantially proportional to said power supply potential (V A ) and a frequency (f fri ) which is fixed to a reference frequency value (f ck ), for the power supply potential changes.
Abstract:
A ΣΔ digital/analog converter has a signal reconstructing multirate low pass filter realized as a switched capacitor fully differential, double sample structure wherein the input stage of the filter employs only two sampling capacitors, switched alternately on the two inputs of the stage and further includes two delay circuits (z -1 ) in the feed line of the bitstream towards one of the two inputs of the multistage SC filter. The zeroes so introduced in the transfer function reduce the noise energy in the vicinity of frequencies f s /2 n , preserving the SNR even with a relatively large mismatch between the capacitors.
Abstract:
A second-order double-sampled analog/digital ΣΔ converter uses two fully differential switched-capacitors integrators coupled in cascade; the first integrator has a fully-floating double-sampled, bilinear switched capacitor input structure, whereas the second integrator has a double-sampled linear switched-capacitor input structure, achieving an excellent SNR with a reduced number of switches for a low consumption.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (100) comprising: an input for an electric signal (v e (t)); an integrator stage (101) connected to said input to provide an integrated signal (v int (t)); an amplifier stage (300) electrically coupled to the integrator stage (101) to receive said integrated signal (v int (t)) and to provide an output signal (v ott (t)). The device being characterized in that the integrator stage (101) is such that the integrated signal is obtained by an individual signal integration operation.
Abstract:
A generating device (100) of a triangular signal (v tri (t)) comprises an input device (101) provided with first terminals (102, 103) in order to receive a first (V A ) and second (GND) potentials and with differential output terminals (104, 105) in order to send an intermediate signal (i int (t)) to an integration device (501). This integration device comprises differential input terminals (IN1, IN2) connected to the output terminals of the input device and first output terminals (OUT1, OUT2) in order to provide the triangular signal (V tri (t)). The generating device is characterized in that the input device comprises switching means (T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 ) which can be activated/deactivated by means of external selection signals (S 1 , S 2 ) in order to connect the input terminals (IN1, IN2) to the first terminals of the input device according to alternative configurations. Furthermore, these external selection signals are generated in response to a timing signal (CK) having a substantially constant frequency (f ck ).