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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Gabriele Gandolfi, Siziano, IT;
Andrea Baschirotto, Tortano, IT;
Vittorio Colonna, Landriano, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/184 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of self-calibrating a modulator includes at least one integrator likely to incur a phase error may include reading a pulse response of the modulator, calculating a phase error parameter of the at least one integrator, and calibrating the phase error parameter. In addition, the calibration may provide a count of pulse response samples above suitable threshold values, as well as a change in the value of a capacitor associated with the integrator based upon the sample count.