DEVICE AND CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING A DERIVATIVE

    公开(公告)号:US20240322802A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18583474

    申请日:2024-02-21

    IPC分类号: H03K3/023 G01R15/16

    CPC分类号: H03K3/023 G01R15/16

    摘要: The present description concerns a derivative measurement circuit. The circuit implements successive cycles, each corresponding to a succession of first, second, and third periods of a clock signal. At each first period, an input voltage is memorized on a first capacitive element and the circuit delivers a voltage indicating a difference between a voltage on a second capacitive element and a voltage on a third capacitive element. At each second period, the input voltage is memorized on the second capacitive element and the circuit delivers a voltage indicating a difference between a voltage on the first capacitive element and the voltage on the third capacitive element. At each third period, the input voltage is memorized on the third capacitive element and the circuit delivers a voltage indicating a difference between the voltage on the second capacitive element and the voltage on the first capacitive element.

    Hybrid hysteretic control system
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11888482B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17565110

    申请日:2021-12-29

    摘要: A system comprises a first comparator, a second comparator, a pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller, and a ramp generator. The first comparator has a positive input coupled to a first ramp output of the ramp generator and a negative input configured to receive an input voltage. The second comparator has a positive input configured to receive the input voltage and a negative input coupled to a second ramp output of the ramp generator. The PWM controller is coupled to outputs and control signal inputs of the first and second comparators and has a control output. In some implementations, the ramp generator generates a high-side falling ramp for the first comparator and a low-side rising ramp for the second comparator. In some implementations, the ramp generator includes a first ramp generator for the high-side falling ramp and a second ramp for the low-side rising ramp.

    Ratiometric current or voltage source circuit with reduced temperature dependence

    公开(公告)号:US11831314B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17823655

    申请日:2022-08-31

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Simone del Cesta

    摘要: A ratiometric current source circuit having a reduced temperature dependence is disclosed. An embodiment of the current source circuit includes a first divider circuit configured to generate a reference voltage using a voltage level of a power supply node and a second divider circuit including a first resistor with a first temperature coefficient and a second resistor with a second temperature coefficient. The first resistor is configured to generate a first current using an input voltage and the voltage level of the power supply node and the second resistor is configured to generate a second current using the input voltage. The embodiment further includes a buffer circuit configured to generate the input voltage using the reference voltage and generate an output current using a difference between the first current and the second current.

    CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING KICKBACK NOISE IN A COMPARATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220302903A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17837960

    申请日:2022-06-10

    IPC分类号: H03K3/013 H03K3/023

    摘要: Circuits and methods for reducing and cancelling out kickback noise are disclosed. In one example, a circuit for a comparator is disclosed. The circuit includes: a first transistor group, a second transistor group, and a first switch. The first transistor group comprises a first transistor having a drain coupled to a first node, and a second transistor having a source coupled to the first node. Gates of the first transistor and the second transistor are coupled together to a first input of the comparator. The second transistor group comprises a third transistor having a drain coupled to a second node, and a fourth transistor having a source coupled to the second node. Gates of the third transistor and the fourth transistor are coupled together to a second input of the comparator. The first switch is connected to and between the first node and the second node.

    Current sensing multiple output current stimulators

    公开(公告)号:US11338144B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16792102

    申请日:2020-02-14

    发明人: Edward K. F. Lee

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36 H03K3/012 H03K3/023

    摘要: A multiple output current stimulator circuit with fast turn on time is described. At least one pair of input side and output side transistors is arranged in a current mirror connected to a supply transistor by cascode coupling. The output side transistor supplies stimulation current to an electrode in contact with tissue. An operational amplifier connected to a reference voltage and to the output side transistor drives the supply transistor to maintain the voltage at the output side transistor equal to the reference voltage. The at least one pair of transistors includes multiple pairs of transistors whose output side transistors drive respective electrodes with stimulation currents. The stimulator determines the initiation and duration of stimulation current pulses supplied to each electrode. At circuit activation, large currents are generated which discharge capacitances in the output side transistors causing rapid output side transistor turn on.

    Generating Voltage Pulse with Controllable Width

    公开(公告)号:US20210226614A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17301547

    申请日:2021-04-06

    IPC分类号: H03K3/017 H03K3/023

    摘要: A width of a voltage pulse signal is directly proportional to a difference between first and second resistances in a pulse generator. The voltage pulse signal is generated with a ramp signal, two reference voltages, and two comparators. The first reference voltage is generated with the first resistance and a first current, and the second reference voltage is generated with the second resistance and a second current. The first comparator produces a first comparator output in response to the first reference voltage and the ramp signal, and the second comparator produces a second comparator output in response to the second reference voltage and the ramp signal. A logic circuitry generates the voltage pulse signal in response to the two comparator outputs.

    Generating Voltage Pulse with Controllable Width

    公开(公告)号:US20200321946A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16375053

    申请日:2019-04-04

    IPC分类号: H03K3/017 H03K3/023

    摘要: A width of a voltage pulse signal is directly proportional to a difference between first and second resistances in a pulse generator. The voltage pulse signal is generated with a ramp signal, two reference voltages, and two comparators. The first reference voltage is generated with the first resistance and a first current, and the second reference voltage is generated with the second resistance and a second current. The first comparator produces a first comparator output in response to the first reference voltage and the ramp signal, and the second comparator produces a second comparator output in response to the second reference voltage and the ramp signal. A logic circuitry generates the voltage pulse signal in response to the two comparator outputs.

    Clock generator
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10432207B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15858591

    申请日:2017-12-29

    摘要: An integrated circuit comprises an ADC including a first track-and-hold amplifier and a timing generator configured to generate a clock signal for controlling the ADC. The timing generator comprises a quadrature filter responsive to a differential input signal for generating a differential quadrature (I/Q) output signal. The timing generator further comprises at least one first vector sum circuit operatively coupled or connected to an output of the quadrature filter and configured to weight and sum components of the differential I/Q output signal for generating a clock signal having a desired delay.