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US07671769B2 Multistage analog/digital converter and method for calibrating said converter
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多级模拟/数字转换器和校准所述转换器的方法
- Patent Title: Multistage analog/digital converter and method for calibrating said converter
- Patent Title (中): 多级模拟/数字转换器和校准所述转换器的方法
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Application No.: US12198709Application Date: 2008-08-26
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Publication No.: US07671769B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Giovanni Antonio Cesura , Roberto Giampiero Massolini
- Applicant: Giovanni Antonio Cesura , Roberto Giampiero Massolini
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group PLLC
- Agent Lisa K. Jorgenson; Robert Iannucci
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06

Abstract:
A multistage analog/digital converter for converting in multi-step cycles an input signal into respective digital codes, each cycle step resolving at least one bit of a respective digital code. The converter includes: a sampling circuit inputting the signal and outputting a first sequence of analog samples; a generation block of a pseudorandom sequence of samples; a summing node, such as to input the first sequence and the pseudorandom sequence, obtaining in output a second sequence of analog samples including non-pseudorandom samples; a converter having a controllable digital gain receiving the second sequence and outputting bits of the digital codes; a feedback loop with a loop gain and including an analog amplifier; a digital calibration block to match the digital gain to the loop gain and including a prediction block to produce a digital estimation of said input signal starting from the bits resulting from converting the non-pseudorandom samples.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090102688A1 MULTISTAGE ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SAID CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2009-04-23
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