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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Aaron J. Caffee, Scappoose, OR (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03K 5/156 (2006.01); H03M 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/0604 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H03K 5/1565 (2013.01); H03M 1/502 (2013.01);
Abstract

A time-to-voltage converter includes a switched-capacitor circuit configured to charge an output node to a reset voltage level in a first interval of a conversion period and configured to shift a voltage on the output node from the reset voltage level to a shifted reset voltage level in a second interval of the conversion period. The time-to-voltage converter includes a current source selectively coupled to the output node. The current source is configured to provide a constant current to the output node in a third interval of the conversion period. The shifted reset voltage level is outside a voltage range defined by a first power supply voltage level on a first voltage reference node and a second power supply voltage level on a second voltage reference node.


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