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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daiki Ono, Yokohama, JP;

Jun Deguchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/30 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 7/30 (2013.01); H03M 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a delta/sigma modulator includes a first multiplier based on a reference capacitor having capacitance Cand a first variable capacitor having capacitance Caccording to a distance between electrodes thereof, the first multiplier being defined by a first multiplier factor given by C/Cand being supplied with a reference voltage, a second multiplier based on a second variable capacitor having capacitance Cand a third variable capacitor having capacitance C, the second multiplier being defined by a second multiplier factor given by C/Cand being provided in a feedback path, and an adder configured to add an output of the first multiplier and an output of the second multiplier, wherein C, Cand Care the same.


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