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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Peter Hurrell, Berkshire, GB;
Roberto Maurino, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sampling circuit comprising: an input node; a first signal path comprising a first sampling capacitor and a first signal path switch in a signal path between the input node and a first plate of the first sampling capacitor; a second signal path comprising a second sampling capacitor and a second signal path switch in a signal path between the input node and a first plate of the second sampling capacitor, and a signal processing circuit for forming a difference between a signal sampled onto the first sampling capacitor and a signal sampled onto the second sampling capacitor.