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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Ams Ag, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Inventors:
Thomas Christen, Zurich, CH;
Thomas Froehlich, Ottikon, CH;
Andreas Fitzi, Staefa, CH;
Dusan Prelog, Radenci, SI;
Assignee:
AMS AG, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/422 (2013.01); H03M 3/328 (2013.01); H03M 3/334 (2013.01); H03M 3/436 (2013.01); H03M 3/464 (2013.01); H03M 3/424 (2013.01); H03M 3/43 (2013.01); H03M 3/438 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delta-sigma modulator () comprises a modulator loop () and a code generator (). The modulator loop () comprises a loop filter (). The code generator () is configured to generate a generator signal (BS) that is realized as an extended Barker code. The code generator () comprises a generator output () that is coupled to the loop filter ().