Coded data generation or conversion – Converter compensation
Patent
1995-11-21
1998-03-24
Hoff, Marc S.
Coded data generation or conversion
Converter compensation
348697, 341155, H04N 518
Patent
active
057317712
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a circuit for locking an analog signal to a reference value, including an analog-to-digital converter receiving the analog signal modified by the charge stored in a capacitor. A digital comparator receives the output of the converter and a reference digital value, and controls capacitor charging and discharging sources. A memory point is a stability condition flag for inhibiting the charging and discharging of the capacitor. A circuit for analyzing the converter output activates the flag when the successive values of the converter output meet a predetermined stability condition, and deactivates the flag when the successive values of the converter output meet a predetermined divergence condition.
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Hoff Marc S.
Morris James H.
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
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