Infineon Technologies Ag

Lantiq Deutschland Gmbh

Intel Corporation

Marc Hesener

David Herbison

Holger Wenske

Armin Hanneberg

Thomas Eichler

Mario Träber

Tobias Werth

Christoph Schwarzer

Stefan Guenther

Various embodiments provide a direct current (DC)-DC converter circuit. The DC-DC converter circuit includes a control circuit to switch the DC-DC converter circuit between a charge state, a discharge state, and a tri-state mode. As part of a first control loop, the control circuit may switch the DC-DC converter between the charge state and the discharge state based on the output voltage to provide the output voltage with the target voltage level. Additionally, as part of a second control loop, the control circuit may switch the DC-DC converter between the charge state and the discharge state based on the current through an inductor of the DC-DC converter. The second control loop may provide overcurrent protection for the DC-DC converter. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Voltage- and current-based control of direct current (DC)-DC converter

A converter may include an input terminal to receive a first analog signal, a digital-to-analog converter to provide second analog signals related to digital values applied to the digital-to-analog converter, a comparator to receive the first and second analog signals, the comparator comprising a variable gain amplifier to provide an output signal based on a difference between the first and second analog signals, a state machine to receive the output signal of the comparator and generating the digital values applied to the digital-to-analog converter based on the output signal of the comparator, and a controller to selectively set the gain of the variable gain amplifier.

Converter and method for converting an analog signal and comparator for use in such conversion

An integrated circuit includes an output terminal to be coupled to a light-emitting diode, an output circuit coupled to the output terminal, the output circuit being configured to supply an operating signal to the light-emitting diode, a measuring circuit coupled to the output terminal and a control circuit coupled to the measuring circuit. The measuring circuit is configured to sense on the output terminal a signal value outside an operating regime of the light-emitting diode, the signal value being a voltage below a forward voltage of the light-emitting diode or a current below a threshold current of the light-emitting diode. The control circuit is configured to configure at least one function of the integrated circuit when the signal value as sensed by the measuring circuit corresponds to a voltage below the forward voltage of the light-emitting diode or a current below the threshold current of the light-emitting diode.

Integrated circuit with a measuring circuit and method of configuring an integrated circuit with a measuring circuit

A converter comprises an input terminal to receive a first analog signal, a digital-to-analog converter to provide second analog signals related to digital values applied to the digital-to-analog converter. A comparator is coupled to receive the first and second analog signals, the comparator also comprising a variable-gain amplifier to provide an output signal based on a difference between the first and second analog signals. A state machine receives the output signal of the comparator and to generate the digital values applied to the digital-to-analog converter based on the output signal of the comparator and a controller sets the gain of the variable-gain amplifier selectively.

A method for pipelining an analog-to-digital conversion of an analog input signal into an N-bit digital output signal is disclosed where a multiplexer is used for the selection of pre-processed digital approximation values from a plurality of adders and subtractors. The selection is set after the decoding of the selected digital approximation values. Thus, considerable more time of the total iteration cycle is available for the pre-amplifier to settle at very high operation frequencies.

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Marc Hesener