Analog to digital converter calibration via synchronous...

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2008-07-15

2008-07-15

Barnie, Rexford (Department: 2819)

Coded data generation or conversion

Converter calibration or testing

C341S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07400280

ABSTRACT:
A technique for dynamically calibrating a successive approximation charge to digital converter by toggling at least some portion of the converter between two predetermined states, with the design goal of balancing the voltage and/or charge that is output in the two states. The two states are chosen such that they are expected to generate the same output voltage when the converter is in “normal” operation mode, e.g., within a fraction of the Least Significant Bit (LSB) resolution of the converter. If there is an imbalance, switching between the two calibration states invariably generates a square wave signal that toggles between two distinct values. A synchronous demodulator having a bandwidth centered at the toggle frequency can then be used to accurately detect an amount of error, which is then feedback to generate correction signals. If there are undesirable static offsets introduced by the synchronous demodulator or by the signal and/or charge levels output by the two differential halves of the converter, a properly timed latch can be used to further stabilize the error signal.

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