Feedback in noise shaping control loop

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PATENT NO 8698660
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13665801

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The present application describes an apparatus and method for improving the performance of ΣΔ modulators functioning as ADCs. In one embodiment, the ΣΔ modulator comprises a plurality of quantizers operating in a round-robin fashion, rather than the single quantizer of the prior art. The use of multiple quantizers allows the ΣΔ modulator to appear to be functioning at a significantly higher rate than a single quantizer allows. In another embodiment, a second-order ΣΔ modulator contains a plurality of control loops, rather than the single control loop of the prior art. The use of multiple control loops allows the ΣΔ modulator to have multiple points of maximum signal-to-noise ratio rather than a single such point as in prior art ΣΔ modulators.

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  • ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Forman, Dustin Dale Kelowna, CA 10 20
Mallinson, A Martin Kelowna, CA 73 236

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