Abstract:
A sigma-delta modulator is provided for generating a digital output signal. The sigma-delta modulator is used to generate a digital output signal. The sigma-delta modulator includes a multi-stage loop filter and a quantizer. The multi-stage loop filter receives an analog input signal and generates an integrated output signal according to the analog input signal. The quantizer is coupled to the multi-stage loop filter. The quantizer receives the integrated output signal and quantizes the integrated output signal to generate the digital output signal. Different feed-forward paths of the sigma-delta modulator are available for different frequency bands.
Abstract:
An edge detector includes flip-flops receiving phase signals of a ring oscillator, a resetter canceling the reset states of the flip-flops at the edge timing of an input signal, and a logical operator performing a logical operation on output signals of the flip-flops. A phase state detector detects a phase state of the ring oscillator occurring at the edge timing of the input signal based on the output signals of the flip-flops. A time-to-digital converter converts an edge interval between the input signal and an output signal of the logical operator into a digital value. A latch latches a value of a counter counting the number of cycles of an output signal of the ring oscillator, at the edge timing of the input signal. An operator calculates a digital value of a received signal from output signals of the latch, the phase state detector, and the time-to-digital converter.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for regulating analogue-to-digital converters. First and second input signals are received at controlled oscillator circuitry which generates respective first and second pulse streams with pulse rates based on the relevant input signal. Difference circuitry determines the difference in number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams and outputs a first digital signal. Circuitry also determines a signal independent value based on the number of pulses of the first and/or second pulse streams. In one embodiment this value is the sum or average of the number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams. This value can be used to calibrate for any variation in transfer characteristic of the oscillator circuitry. In one embodiment this value is compared to a reference value and a regulation signal passed to control circuitry to regulate the operation of the oscillation circuitry.
Abstract:
A comparison circuit is provided and includes first and second comparators and a first time-to-digital comparator. The first comparator with a first offset voltage receives an input signal and generates a first comparison signal and a first inverse comparison signal. The second comparator receives the input signal and generates a second comparison signal and a second inverse comparison signal. The first offset voltage is larger than the second offset voltage. The first time-to-digital comparator receives the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal and generates first and second determination signals according to the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal. The first and second determination signals indicate whether a voltage of the input signal is larger than a first middle voltage. The first middle voltage is equal to a half of the sum of the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage.
Abstract:
In a data compression system, a digital signal comprising a series of digital samples and a sampling datum associated with each digital sample is received by a decoder. The sampling datum indicates the sampling interval of the associated digital sample. The decoder includes a microcomputer for storing the digital signal into a memory (M2) and reading each digital sample and the associated sampling datum. The digital sample is divided by the sampling datum to derive a quotient which indicates the slope of the signal to be recovered. The quotient is integrated by an integrator (6b) to provide interpolation between successive sampling points, so that the original signal is approximated by a plurality of line segments.
Abstract:
A plurality of metal resistance elements and a metal resistance element for compensation use are formed on a common substrate and placed under the same temperature condition. A reference current is applied to the metal resistance element for compensation use to yield an auxiliary reference voltage. A plurality of switches are individually connected in series to the reference metal resistance elements and the auxiliary reference voltage is provided to the series circuits to selectively control the switches, thereby obtaining various currents.
Abstract:
A multi-stage resistive ladder network which uses extra stages to trim out resistance discrepencies. All of the stages are interconnected in a series. Nominally, current is divided in half within each stage. Half of the current is gated onto a bus in response to logic control signals, and the other half of the current is passed onto the next succeeding stage. Due to various processing limitations, the resistors comprising each stage vary slightly from their nominal value, which in turn upsets the current division. To compensate for this additional current dividing stages are serially connected to the last stage of the ladder. Current from these additional stages are selectively coupled onto the bus in response to the logic signals in addition to the current which is normally coupled thereto.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a digital coder subject to a compression law having multiple linear segments with slopes decreasing in geometrical progression having a ratio of 1/2, in which a chain of threshold detectors in a linear progression is used a first time to determine the number of the segment, then a second time to determine the position of the level on the segment.
Abstract:
A method can be used to generate a reference clock signal having a reference frequency. N clock sub-signals are generated, where N is greater than or equal to 2. The N clock sub-signals are successively mutually shifted out of phase by π/N and each clock sub-signal has an elementary frequency that is equal to the reference frequency divided by N. The N clock sub-signals are propagated over propagation paths. The elementary frequency and a length of the longest propagation path are chosen so that each sub-signal has an acceptable degree of deformation. The duration of each sub-signal edge is longer than quarter of the period of the reference frequency. The reference clock signal is generated by EXCLUSIVE OR combining the propagated clock sub-signals at the end of their respective propagation paths.
Abstract:
The disclosure is directed to low-power high-resolution analog-to-digital converter (ADCs) circuits implemented with a delta-sigma modulators (DSMs). The DSM includes a single-bit, self-oscillating digital to analog converter (SB-DAC) and a dual-slope integrating quantizer that may replace an N-bit quantizer found in a conventional DSM. The integrating quantizer of this disclosure oscillates after quantization because the SB-DAC in the feedback path directly closes the DSM loop. The integrating quantizer circuit includes a switch at the input and two phases per sample cycle. During the first phase the switch sends an input analog signal to an integrator. During the second phase, the switch sends the feedback signal from the output of the self-oscillating SB-DAC to the integrator. The input to the SB-DAC may be output from a clocked comparator.