Coded data generation or conversion – Analog to or from digital conversion – Analog to digital conversion
Patent
1991-04-02
1992-04-07
Williams, Howard L.
Coded data generation or conversion
Analog to or from digital conversion
Analog to digital conversion
341163, 341152, H03M 150
Patent
active
051032309
ABSTRACT:
A current-integrating analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator having a non-inverting input coupled to a ground voltage and an inverting input coupled to an input conductor carrying an analog input current. An integrating capacitor having one terminal coupled to the input conductor and another terminal coupled to an output of a digital-to-analog converter. A tracking circuit is coupled to an output of the comparator to apply digital signals to inputs of the digital-to-analog converter to maintain the inverting input close to a virtual ground voltage. A digital filter filters the digital signals to produce a digital output signal that precisely represents the input current. The tracking circuit includes a first integrator having an input coupled to the output of the comparator, a predictor circuit producing average step rate information in response to an output of the first integrator, and a second integrator producing the digital signals in response to the predictor means to produce accurate tracking. The integrating capacitor and digital-to-analog converter are included in a CDAC.
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Burt Rodney T.
Kalthoff Timothy V.
Burr-Brown Corporation
Williams Howard L.
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