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US 8,077,066 · App. 12/662,463 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

ΔΣ modulator

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,077,066
App. No.
12/662,463
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a ΔΣ modulator including: at least one integrator; a quantizer for quantizing a signal output by the integrator and outputting the quantized signal as a digital signal; and a compensation section configured to compensate the ΔΣ modulator for a non-ideal characteristic caused by an internal loop delay, wherein the compensation section is a feedback path formed to start at the output node of the quantizer and end at the input node of the integrator immediately preceding the quantizer, and the feedback path formed to start at the output node of the quantizer and end at the input node of the integrator realizes a frequency-independent part in combination with the integrator and an internal DA converter which adopts the NRZ technique to suppress the signal amplitude at the quantizer input.

Claims (6)

1. A ΔΣ modulator comprising:

at least one integrator;

a quantizer for quantizing a signal output by said integrator and outputting said quantized signal as a digital signal; and

a compensation section configured to compensate said ΔΣ modulator for a non-ideal characteristic caused by an internal loop delay, wherein

said compensation section is a feedback path formed to start at the output node of said quantizer and end at the input node of said integrator immediately preceding said quantizer, and

said feedback path formed to start at said output node of said quantizer and end at said input node of said integrator does not exhibit a frequency-dependent characteristic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2010
From: NIWA, ATSUMI; MATSUMOTO, TOMOHIRO; MOUE, TAKASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-113746 · May 8, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100283648A1 · Nov 11, 2010