Circuit and method for testing a dithered analog-to-digital conv

Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Increasing converter resolution

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341155, H03M 120

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ABSTRACT:
A device comprises: an analog-to-digital converter; a digital signal processor; a digital dither signal generator; and a signal coupling device adapted to selectively couple one of the dither signal generator and the digital signal processor to the signal path in the converter. A method of testing a dithered analog-to-digital converter employing an M-bit digital signal generator, M being a positive integer, comprises the steps of: generating an M-bit, periodic signal; providing the generated signal to the dithered converter at a point along the signal path of the dithered converter in place of the dither signal; and measuring the digital output signal produced by the converter.

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