Coded data generation or conversion – Converter calibration or testing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Nguyen, Linh V. (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Converter calibration or testing
C341S172000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07026968
ABSTRACT:
Methods and structures are provided that reduce conversion errors in pipelined analog-to-digital converters which are induced in one converter cycle by component memory of signals in one or more preceding converter cycles. The methods and structures include the use of digital filters that provide a digital representation of the residue of a preceding converter cycle, multiply this representation by an appropriate memory parameter, and sum the product with the digital representation of the residue of a current converter cycle to thereby reduce the memory effect. The methods and structures also form capacitors of switched-capacitor converter structures with sub-capacitors that are reconfigured (e.g., reversed or alternated between differential sides of differential amplifiers) in different converter cycles.
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Analog Devices Inc.
Koppel, Jacobs Patrick & Heybl
Nguyen Linh V.
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