Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Determining distance
Reexamination Certificate
2009-04-07
2010-11-23
Mai, Lam T (Department: 2819)
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Determining distance
C375S232000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07839323
ABSTRACT:
A two-channel time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (TIADC) system that provides for estimation and correction of offset, gain, and sample-time errors. Error in the offsets of the two ADCs that form the TIADC produces a spurious signal at the Nyquist frequency that can be used to minimize the difference of offsets of the ADCs. The difference in gain between the two ADCs produces spurious signals reflected around the Nyquist frequency whose magnitudes can be reduced by minimizing the difference in signal power between the two ADCs. An Automatic Gain Control loop corrects the scaling of the input signal due to the average of the gains of the ADCs. Phase error produces spurious signals reflected around the Nyquist frequency that are π/2 out of phase with those due to the gain error. Minimizing the difference between the correlation of consecutive signals from the ADCs reduces the magnitude of these image tones.
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Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C.
Intersil America's Inc.
Mai Lam T
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