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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Andrew Hutchinson, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Andrew Hutchinson, Williamsburg, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A sigma-delta (ΣΔ) analog to digital converter with internal synchronous demodulation responsive to a sample clock, reference clock and conversion clock including a sample switching circuit responsive to an AC input to sample the AC input at the sample clock rate; the sample switching circuit including first and second input switches responsive to the reference clock for selectively, alternately sampling the positive and the negative AC input at the reference clock rate; and an inverter circuit responsive to the reference clock and the sample clock for reversing the polarity of signals from the sample clock in synchronism with the reference clock to reverse the sense of the input switches and synchronously demodulating the AC input within the converter.