RESONATOR AND OVERSAMPLING A/D CONVERTER

• US 20110169677A1
• Filed: 03/28/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mitani, Yosuke, Matsukawa, Kazuo, DOSHO, Shiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,604,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 341/143
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 11/1252 Two integrator-loop-filters
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 3/404 characterised by the type of bandpass filters used
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 3/438 the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 3/454 with distributed feedback, i.e. with feedback paths from the quantiser output to more than one filter stage

Abstract

Two resistive elements and a capacitive element are coupled between a first node and each of an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier, an output terminal of the operational amplifier, and a common node. A resistive element and a capacitive element are coupled between the first node and a signal input terminal. Two capacitive elements and a resistive element are coupled between a second node and each of the inverting input terminal, the output terminal, and the common node. Two capacitive elements are coupled between the second node and each of the signal input terminal, and the common node.

Claims

1. A resonator comprising:

an operational amplifier coupled to a common node at a non-inverting input terminal;

a first resistive element coupled between a first node and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier;

a second resistive element coupled between the first node and an output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a first capacitive element coupled between a second node and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier;

a second capacitive element coupled between the second node and the output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a third capacitive element coupled between the first node and the common node;

a third resistive element coupled between the second node and the common node;

a fourth resistive element coupled between the first node and a signal input terminal;

a fourth capacitive element coupled between the second node and the signal input terminal;

a fifth capacitive element coupled between the first node and the signal input terminal; and

a sixth capacitive element coupled between the second node and the common node.

2. The resonator of claim 1, wherein

a sum of inverse numbers of resistance values of the first, second and fourth resistive elements is equal to an inverse number of a resistance value of the third resistive element, and

a sum of capacitance values of the third and fifth capacitive elements is equal to a sum of capacitance values of the first, second, fourth and sixth capacitive elements.

3. The resonator of claim 1, wherein

resistance values of the second and fourth resistive elements, and capacitance values of the fourth and fifth capacitive elements are variable.

4. The resonator of claim 3, wherein

the second and fourth resistive elements include a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end,

the fourth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end, and

the fifth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end.

5. The resonator of claim 1, further comprising:

a fifth resistive element coupled between the first node and a second signal input terminal, and having a resistance value of 1/α

of that of the second resistive element; and

a seventh capacitive element coupled between the second node and the second signal input terminal, and having a capacitance value α

times of that of the second capacitive element.

6. The resonator of claim 5, wherein

resistance values of the second, fourth, and fifth resistive elements, and capacitance values of the fourth and fifth capacitive elements are variable.

7. The resonator of claim 6, wherein

the second, fourth, and fifth resistive elements include a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end,

the fourth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end, and

the fifth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end.

15. An oversampling A/D converter comprising the resonator of claim 1.

8. A resonator comprising:

an operational amplifier coupled to a common node at a non-inverting input terminal;

a first resistive element coupled between a first node and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier;

a second resistive element coupled between the first node and an output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a first capacitive element coupled between a second node and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier;

a second capacitive element coupled between the second node and the output terminal of the operational amplifier;

a third capacitive element coupled between the first node and the common node;

a third resistive element coupled between the second node and the common node;

a fourth resistive element coupled between the first node and a signal input terminal;

a fourth capacitive element coupled between the second node and the signal input terminal;

a fifth resistive element coupled between the second node and the signal input terminal; and

a sixth resistive element coupled between the first node and the common node.

9. The resonator of claim 8, wherein

a sum of inverse numbers of resistance values of the first, second, fourth, and sixth resistive elements is equal to a sum of inverse numbers of resistance values of the third and fifth resistive elements, and

a capacitance value of the third capacitive element is equal to a sum of capacitance values of the first, second and fourth capacitive elements.

10. The resonator of claim 8, wherein

resistance values of the second, fourth, and fifth resistive elements, and a capacitance value of the fourth capacitive element are variable.

11. The resonator of claim 10, wherein

the second and fourth resistive elements include a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end,

the fifth resistive element includes a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end, and

the fourth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end.

12. The resonator of claim 8, further comprising:

a seventh resistive element coupled between the first node and a second signal input terminal, and having a resistance value of 1/α

of that of the second resistive element; and

a fifth capacitive element coupled between the second node and the second signal input terminal, and having a capacitance value α

times of that of the second capacitive element.

13. The resonator of claim 12, wherein

resistance values of the second, fourth, fifth and seventh resistive elements, and a capacitance value of the fourth capacitive element are variable.

14. The resonator of claim 13, wherein

the second, fourth, and seventh resistive elements include a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the first node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end,

the fifth resistive element includes a plurality of resistive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end, and

the fourth capacitive element includes a plurality of capacitive elements coupled in parallel, each of which coupled to the second node at a first end, and selectively coupled to either one of a signal path or the common node at a second end.

16. An oversampling A/D converter comprising the resonator of claim 8.