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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco Bresciani, Villach, AT;
John G. Kauffman, Munich, DE;
Udo Schuetz, Munich, DE;
Patrick Torta, Villach, AT;
Francesco Conzatti, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/1009 (2013.01); H03M 1/46 (2013.01); H03M 3/464 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods using an integrator in a loop filter of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) located on a feedback path of the ADC, the DAC including output nodes coupled to input nodes of the integrator, and a comparator including input nodes to receive signals from output nodes of the integrator, and an output node to provide information during calibration of the DAC.