Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Youssef H Atris

Brandt Braswell

Douglas Alan Garrity

Gordon P Lee

Zhou Zhixu

Brian E Chang

A system and method for converting an analog signal to a digital signal is provided including a first circuit () having a signal range and an input for receiving a first signal, and a second circuit () having an input receiving the analog signal and a first output coupled to the input of the first circuit. The first circuit () includes an amplifier (). The first circuit () samples the first signal and produces the digital signal from the first signal using the amplifier. A second output of the second circuit () is coupled to the amplifier (). The second circuit () samples and scales the analog signal via the amplifier () to produce the first signal within the signal range and cancels an offset of the first signal. The system and method reduce power consumption and save device area.

System and method for analog-to-digital conversion

Apparatus for sensing a current across a known resistor comprising a switched capacitor network and an amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the switched capacitor network. The switched capacitor network is configured to sample first and second reference potentials indicating the current. The amplifier is configured to produce first and second amplified potentials at an output of the amplifier based on the first and second reference potentials.

Apparatus for current sensing

A light modulation system as described herein can be incorporated into a personal or portable electronic apparatus such as a cellular telephone, a digital music player, or the like. The light modulation system controls the activation of light elements, such as light emitting diodes, of the host electronic apparatus in response to one or more analog audio signals available at the host electronic apparatus. The analog audio signals may be obtained from any suitable analog audio path or source in the host electronic apparatus. The light modulation system is compact, inexpensive to implement, and need not rely on digital signal processors for operation.

Audio modulated light system for personal electronic devices

Apparatus for sensing a current across a known resistor including a switched capacitor network and an amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the switched capacitor network. The switched capacitor network is configured to sample first and second reference potentials indicating the current. The amplifier is configured to produce first and second amplified potentials at an output of the amplifier based on the first and second reference potentials.

A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the size and power of cyclic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) conversion circuits. During each cycle, the ADC conversion circuit generates a plurality of bits. The improved ADC includes a scaling/reference circuit having a single operational amplifier which operates in a reference generation mode and an analog multiplexing mode during generation of the first bit and operates in the analog multiplexing mode during generation of the subsequent bits.

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Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

Youssef H Atris