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Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Jen-Huan Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;

Chih-Hong Lou, Yilan County, TW;

Assignee:

MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/426 (2013.01); H03M 1/1245 (2013.01); H03M 1/466 (2013.01); H03M 3/424 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary quantizer includes a multi-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) feedback circuit. The multi-bit ADC has an internal DAC associated with comparison of each sampled analog input of the multi-bit ADC. The multi-bit ADC converts a currently-sampled analog input into a first digital output. A first noise-shaped truncation output is derived from the first digital output. The first DAC feedback circuit transfers a first truncation residue associated with the first noise-shaped truncation output to the internal DAC. The transferred first truncation residue is reflected in comparison of a later-sampled analog input of the multi-bit ADC via the internal DAC.


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