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Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;

Inventors:

Rares Andrei Bodnar, Berkshire, GB;

Pasquale Delizia, Newbury, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 (2006.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/08 (2013.01); H03F 3/005 (2013.01); H03K 5/24 (2013.01); H03F 2200/372 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01); H03M 1/06 (2013.01); H03M 1/10 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device having a capacitive sampling structure that allows for removal of sampling noise can be implemented in a variety of applications. Noise cancellation can be achieved by storing on an auto-zero capacitor a scaled replica of kT/C noise by a mechanism of correlated sampling. In an example embodiment, a set of switches can be arranged such that, in switching, scaled thermal noise, generated in an acquisition phase in which a voltage signal is input to an input capacitor structure, is captured on an output capacitor structure and, in a conversion phase, the captured thermal noise is cancelled or compensated from an output of the output capacitor structure.


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