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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Sebastian Zeller, Grasbrunn, DE;
Inventor:
Sebastian Zeller, Grasbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Design & Application GmbH, Grassbrunn, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A continuous time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter comprising: a summator of an input analog signal and a feedback signal; a feed-forward integrator path connected to the summator and configured to provide a digital signal; a feedback digital-to-analog converter to convert the digital signal into a feedback analog signal; a feedback low pass filter structured to filter the feedback analog signal and provide the feedback signal to the summator.