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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Marco Sosio, Pavia, IT;

Antonio Liscidini, Pavia, IT;

Rinaldo Castello, Arcore, IT;

Gabriele Gandolfi, Siziano, IT;

Vittorio Colonna, S. Martino Siccomario, IT;

Assignee:

MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/06 (2013.01); H03M 3/344 (2013.01); H03M 3/368 (2013.01); H03M 3/424 (2013.01); H03M 3/454 (2013.01); H03M 3/456 (2013.01);
Abstract

An analog to digital converter including a low pass filter element, a quantizer, and a digital to analog converter provide in a feedback path. The low pass filter element is configured to filter an analog input signal. The quantizer is configured to receive an analog output signal that is based on the filtered analog input signal and convert the analog output signal to a digital output signal. The digital to analog converter is configured to generate an analog feedback signal based on the digital output signal and selectively inject or absorb current associated with the feedback path to reduce noise associated with the digital to analog converter. The analog feedback signal is combined with the analog input signal at an input of the low pass filter element.


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