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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Ronak Prakashchandra Trivedi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hanqing Xing, Cupertino, CA (US);
Carmelo Morello, San Jose, CA (US);
Ranga Seshu Paladugu, Milpitas, CA (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an integrator circuit for a Sigma-Delta, ΣΔ, modulator, the integrator circuit comprising an integrator module comprising a differential amplifier, a sampling module comprising sampling capacitors and a reference module comprising first and second pluralities of reference capacitors connected between respective first and second lines and first and second pluralities of reference switches for connecting each of the reference capacitors to either a first reference terminal or a second reference terminal. In operation, the reference switches are switched according to a thermometrically coded quantizer signal.