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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;

Inventors:

Ankur Bal, Greater Noida, IN;

Rupesh Singh, Ghaziabad, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/464 (2013.01); H03M 1/0626 (2013.01); H03M 1/1019 (2013.01); H03M 3/344 (2013.01); H03M 3/388 (2013.01); H03M 3/424 (2013.01); H03M 3/436 (2013.01); H03M 3/462 (2013.01); H03M 3/466 (2013.01); H03M 3/504 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sigma-delta modulator includes an N-bit quantization circuit that generates a stream of N-bit code words and a feedback signal path with an N-bit DAC circuit, having a non-ideal operation due to mismatch error, that converts the stream of N-bit code words to generate a feedback signal. A digital DAC copy circuit provides a digital replication of the N-bit DAC circuit. The digital replication accounts for the non-ideal operation of the N-bit DAC circuitdue to mismatch error, and converts the stream of N-bit code words to generate a stream of P-bit code words, where P>N, that are functionally equivalent to the feedback signal output from the N-bit DAC circuit.


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