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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Richard Gaggl, Villach, AT;
Maurizio Inversi, Padua, IT;
Andreas Wiesbauer, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adding circuit includes storage capacitors and a a switch mechanism, the storage capacitors being charged up via voltage signals to be added during a first clock phase. During a second clock phase, the storage capacitors are connected in parallel, with the result that a charge equalization occurs. After the charge equalization, the voltage dropped across the parallel-connected storage capacitors is equal to a sum of the signals to be added except for a scaling factor. In one embodiment, the adding circuit is used in a sigma-delta modulator circuit.