Abstract:
A SHARED GAIN-STAGE CIRCUIT OF A PIPELINED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) THAT ALLOWS FOR SHARING AT LEAST ONE MULTIPLYING DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER (MDAC) (102) AND AT LEAST ONE SUB-ADC (104) BETWEEN TWO SUCCESSIVE STAGES. THE AT LEAST ONE MDAC (102) COMPRISES AN AMPLIFIER (106), A FIRST FEEDBACK CAPACITOR (108), A SECOND FEEDBACK CAPACITOR (110), AT LEAST TWO SAMPLING CAPACITORS (112), A PLURALITY OF REFERENCE VOLTAGES AND A SUB-DAC (114). THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWINGS:
Abstract:
AN ADAPTABLE ANALOG READ-OUT INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR ION-SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (ISFET) HAS BEEN INVENTED THAT USES A CMOS TEMPERATURE SENSOR (THRESHOLD VOLTAGE EXTRACTION) TO IMPROVE THE THERMAL STABILITY OF THE ISFET. THE IMPROVEMENT IS ACHIEVED BY SUMMATION OF THE POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF THE ISFET AND THE NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT OF THE CMOS TEMPERATURE SENSOR.
Abstract:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO AN ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) 100. THE ADC 100 IS COMPRISED OF A QUANTIZER COMPONENT 10 FOR SAMPLING AN INCOMING ANALOG SIGNAL AND GENERATING A DIGITAL SIGNAL; A RESIDUE GENERATOR COMPONENT 20 FOR SAMPLING THE INCOMING ANALOG SIGNAL AND FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL SIGNAL, AND A RESIDUE GENERATOR COMPONENT 20 FOR SAMPLING THE INCOMING ANALOG SIGNAL AND FOR GENERATING A RESIDUAL ANALOG SIGNAL WITH RESPECT TO THE DIGITAL SIGNAL. THE QUANTIZER COMPONENT 10 IS OF A DYNAMIC TYPE WHEREIN NO PREAMPLIFIER IS USED THEREIN AND IS SWITCHABLY CONNECTED TO A SOURCE 110 OF INCOMING ANALOG SIGNALS. THE QUANTIZER COMPONENT 10 IS COMPRISED OF A COMPARATOR CIRCUIT 30 HAVING A PLURALITY OF FIRST TRANSISTORS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY ACTING AS VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED RESISTORS THEREIN, AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND TRANSISTORS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY FORMING A LATCH THEREIN. THE RESIDUE GENERATOR 20 IS SWITCHABLY CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE 110 OF THE INCOMING ANALOG SIGNALS. THE INPUT OF THE RESIDUE GENERATOR COMPONENT IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE QUANTIZER COMPONENT. THE COMPARATOR CIRCUIT 30 AND THE SWITCHABLE CONNECTION ARE FOR MATCHING THE SAMPLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QUANTIZER AND THE RESIDUE GENERATOR COMPONENTS 10 & 20. THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING:
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A DEVICE FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM UBIQUITOUS RADIO WAVES AND MORE PARTICULARLY AN ADAPTIVE RECTIFIER DEVICE (8) DESIGNED AS POWER HARVESTING CIRCUIT WHICH IS TO HARVEST ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY TAPPING THE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE RADIO WAVES. THE DEVICE (10) COMPRISES OF AN ANTENNA (1), A HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER (2), AN AUTOMATIC TUNING CIRCUIT (3), A CAPACITORS BANK (4), A RECTIFIER (5), A THRESHOLD LIMIT CIRCUIT (6) AND AN ADAPTIVE CIRCUIT (7). THE THRESHOLD LIMIT CIRCUIT (6) IS CONFIGURED HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT VOLTAGE AND WHEN AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS BELOW THAN THE PREDETERMINED VOLTAGE, THE AUTOMATIC TUNING CIRCUIT (3) STARTS SEARCHING FOR NEW SOURCE OF RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ENERGY BY CHANGING ITS CAPACITANCE BY FEEDING A DISTINCTIVE VOLTAGE INTO THE AUTOMATIC TUNING CIRCUIT (3) VIA THE ADAPTIVE CIRCUIT (7). THE SEARCHING FOR RF ENERGIES STOPS WHEN THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVEL RESUMES TO THE PREDETERMINED VOLTAGE.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a device for harvesting energy from ubiquitous radio waves and more particularly an adaptive rectifier device (8) designed as power harvesting circuit which is to harvest electrical energy by tapping the commercially available radio waves. The device (10) comprises of an antenna (1), a high frequency transformer (2), an automatic tuning circuit (3), a capacitors bank (4), a rectifier (5), a threshold limit circuit (6) and an adaptive circuit (7). The threshold limit circuit (6) is configured having a predetermined output voltage and when an output voltage is below than the predetermined voltage, the automatic tuning circuit (3) starts searching for new source of radio frequency (RF) energy by changing its capacitance by feeding a distinctive voltage into the automatic tuning circuit (3) via the adaptive circuit (7). The searching for RF energies stops when the output voltage level resumes to the predetermined voltage.
Abstract:
An adaptable analog read-out interface circuit for ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) that uses a tungsten temperature sensor to improve the thermal stability of the ISFET. The improvement is achieved by summation of the positive temperature coefficient of the ISFET and the negative coefficient of the resistor temperature dependence.
Abstract:
An adaptable analog read-out interface circuit for ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) has been invented that uses a CMOS temperature sensor (threshold voltage extraction) to improve the thermal stability of the ISFET. The improvement is achieved by summation of the positive temperature coefficient of the ISFET and the negative coefficient of the CMOS temperature sensor.