Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Buffer offset modulation
- Patent Title (中): 缓冲偏移调制
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Application No.: US13562509Application Date: 2012-07-31
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Publication No.: US08547259B1Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Jui-Cheng Huang , Mei-Chen Chuang , Ying-Chih Hsu , Chia Liang Tai
- Applicant: Jui-Cheng Huang , Mei-Chen Chuang , Ying-Chih Hsu , Chia Liang Tai
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group LLC
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06

Abstract:
One or more techniques for buffer offset modulation or buffer offset cancelling are provided herein. In an embodiment, an output for a sigma-delta analog digital converter (ADC) is provided using an output of a first chop-able buffer (FB) and an output of a second chop-able buffer (SB). For example, the output of the FB is associated with a first offset, the output of the SB is associated with a second offset, and the output of the ADC includes an ADC offset associated with the first offset and the second offset. In an embodiment, buffer offset modulation is provided by modulating the ADC offset using an offset rotation. In an example, the offset rotation is based at least in part on a reference clock and the output of the ADC. The buffer offset modulation mitigates the first offset or the second offset, where such offsets are generally undesired.
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