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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gabriele Bernardinis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Daly, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 7/08 (2006.01); G01R 29/02 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/023 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01); H03M 3/432 (2013.01); H03M 3/464 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delta-sigma modulator circuit comprising: an integrator circuit configured to produce an integrator output signal that represents an integration of an analog input signal, a comparator output signal and a periodic signal; a comparator circuit configured to produce the comparator output signal in response to a comparison of the integrator output signal with a first reference signal; and a periodic signal generation circuit configured to produce the periodic signal.