STMICROELECTRONICS DESIGN & APPLICATION GMBH Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120044100 | CONTINUOUS TIME SIGMA-DELTA A/D CONVERTER AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING THE A/D CONVERTER - A continuous time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter comprising: a summator of an input analog signal and a feedback signal; a feed-forward integrator path connected to the summator and configured to provide a digital signal; a feedback digital-to-analog converter to convert the digital signal into a feedback analog signal; a feedback low pass filter structured to filter the feedback analog signal and provide the feedback signal to the summator. | 02-23-2012 |
20110109390 | TRANSCONDUCTOR CIRCUIT - A transconductor circuit, particularly according to the multi-tanh principle, having a first input node and a second input node, a first differential amplifier coupled to the first and second input nodes, and having a first offset voltage, and a second differential amplifier coupled to the first and second input nodes, and having a second offset voltage different from the first offset voltage. A first resistance circuit is coupled between the first differential amplifier and at least one current source, and a second resistance circuit is coupled between the second differential amplifier and the at least one current source. Varying of the current sources enables control of the transconductance without degrading linearity. | 05-12-2011 |
20110105018 | HARMONIC REJECTION MIXER - A harmonic rejection mixer for carrying out a frequency translation of a mixer input signal having a mixer input frequency, the mixer including an up-conversion mixer for generating an intermediate signal by multiplying the mixer input signal with a first local oscillation signal having a first local oscillation frequency, and a down-conversion mixer for generating a mixer output signal by multiplying the intermediate signal with a second local oscillation signal having a second local oscillation frequency. The first local oscillation frequency and the second local oscillation frequency are greater than the mixer input frequency. The first local oscillation signal is an l-time oversampled sine wave and the second local oscillation signal is an m-time oversampled sine wave. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103541 | PROGRAMMABLE FREQUENCY DIVIDER COMPRISING A SHIFT REGISTER AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING THE FREQUENCY DIVIDER - A frequency divider having a plurality of programmable latches connected in a feedback shift register configuration. A programmable latch of said plurality of latches comprises a program input to receive a program signal configured to select a polarity of the programmable latch among two opposite polarities. The frequency divider having a configuration module structured to provide at least the program signal to the program input to modify a divisor parameter of the frequency divider. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102222 | CONTINUOUS TIME SIGMA-DELTA A/D CONVERTER AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING THE A/D CONVERTER - A continuous time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter comprising: a summator of an input analog signal and a feedback signal; a feed-forward integrator path connected to the summator and configured to provide a digital signal; a feedback digital-to-analog converter to convert the digital signal into a feedback analog signal; a feedback low pass filter structured to filter the feedback analog signal and provide the feedback signal to the summator. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102063 | CURRENT-CONTROLLED RESISTOR - A current-controlled resistor comprises a first input terminal configured to receive an input signal and a second input terminal configured to receive a current control signal. The resistor comprises a first stage configured to receive the current control signal; the first stage includes first and second PN diodes having first terminals of a first type and second terminals of a second type. The first terminals of the first and second PN diodes are coupled each other and a second terminal of the first PN diode is coupled to the first input terminal. The resistor comprises a second stage configured to receive the current control signal; the second stage includes a third PN diode having first and second terminals of the first and second types, the second terminal of the third PN diode being coupled to the second terminal of the second PN diode. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102032 | LOOP FILTER - A loop filter having a first node on which to receive an input signal to the loop filter, a second node on which to provide an output signal of the loop filter, and a cascade arrangement of at least a first circuit that generates a zero, a second circuit that generates a first pole, and a third circuit that generates a second pole to form a passive loop filter of at least 3rd order. The cascade arrangement includes a first signal path coupling the first node to the second node. such that the first circuit is coupled to the first node through the second circuit and the third circuit. Further, the loop filter includes at least one transistor circuit, and a second signal path coupled in parallel to the first signal path at the first node and coupled to the second node through the transistor circuit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110101878 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING A LOAD - A driving circuit comprises a first and a second switching circuit coupled in parallel to a node which is adapted to be coupled to a load, a first and a second detecting circuit, and a synchronizing circuit having an input coupled to the first and second detecting circuits and having an output coupled to the first and second switching circuits. The first detecting circuit detects a current associated with the first switching circuit and the second detecting circuit detects a current associated with the second switching circuit. The synchronizing circuit operates the first and second switching circuits to switch synchronously to a conducting state, and operates the first and second switching circuits to switch synchronously to a non-conducting state in the event that one of the first and second detecting circuits detects a current equal to or higher than a threshold value. | 05-05-2011 |
20100123508 | SMOOTH SWITCHING BETWEEN ANALOG INPUT SIGNALS - A first switching circuit has an input for receiving a first input signal, and a second switching circuit has an input for receiving a second input signal. A node is connected to receive outputs from both the first and second switching circuits. A filter receives an unfiltered signal from the node to generate an output signal. A circuit is provided to alternately actuate the first and second switching circuits during a transition time period so as to smoothly transition the output of the filter between the first and second input signals. At least one of the first and second input signals is a time-varying analog signal. The smooth transition between the first and second input signals has a shape determined by pulse width and frequency characteristics of pulses output by the circuit to alternately actuate the first and second switching circuits. The shape may include a linear ramp, an S-shaped curve, a parabolic curve and a hyperbolic curve. | 05-20-2010 |