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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Yves Leduc, Roquefort-Les-Pins, FR;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a high-resolution digital/analogue converter intended in particular for the tuning of a voltage-controlled quartz oscillator. This converter comprises a first second-order Sigma-Delta modulator (1) to the output of which is connected the input of a second Sigma-Delta modulator (9) producing a single bit at its output and a digital/analogue conversion circuit (13). The circuit of the converter furthermore comprises means for filtering the high-frequency components of the signal undergoing processing so as to obtain a quasi-stable D.C. voltage source with a high resolution. This invention is applicable to any voltage-controlled system having large inertia, and in particular, voltage-controlled quartz oscillators and transducers.