Techniques for approximating a difference between two capacitances
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a capacitance adjustment module configured to connect one or more of N capacitors in parallel with one of a first and second capacitance;
a capacitance comparison module configured to determine which of the first and second capacitances is smaller; and
a control module configured to identify the smaller capacitance and the larger capacitance of the first and second capacitances based on the determination made by the capacitance comparison module, and subsequently, during each of M iterations;
instruct the capacitance adjustment module to connect at least one of the N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the smaller identified capacitance; and
determine whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the larger identified capacitance,wherein, after the M iterations, the control module is configured to approximate a difference between the first and second capacitances based on as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
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Abstract
A system includes a capacitance adjustment module and a control module. The capacitance adjustment module is configured to connect one or more of N capacitors in parallel with one of a first and second capacitance. The control module identifies the smaller of the first and second capacitances and identifies the larger of the first and second capacitances. Subsequently, the control module, during each of M iterations, instructs the capacitance adjustment module to connect at least one of the N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the smaller identified capacitance, and determines whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the larger identified capacitance. After the M iterations, the control module approximates the difference between the first and second capacitances based on which of the N capacitors are connected across the nodes. M and N are integers greater than or equal to 1.
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44 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a capacitance adjustment module configured to connect one or more of N capacitors in parallel with one of a first and second capacitance; a capacitance comparison module configured to determine which of the first and second capacitances is smaller; and a control module configured to identify the smaller capacitance and the larger capacitance of the first and second capacitances based on the determination made by the capacitance comparison module, and subsequently, during each of M iterations; instruct the capacitance adjustment module to connect at least one of the N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the smaller identified capacitance; and determine whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the larger identified capacitance, wherein, after the M iterations, the control module is configured to approximate a difference between the first and second capacitances based on as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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determining, by a capacitance comparison module, which of a first capacitance and a second capacitance is smaller; identifying, by a control module, the smaller capacitance and the larger capacitance of the first and second capacitances based on the determination of which of the first and second capacitances is smaller; during each of M iterations; controlling, by the control module, a connection of at least one of N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the smaller identified capacitance; and determining, by the control module, whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the larger identified capacitance; and after the M iterations, approximating, by the control module, a difference between the first and second capacitances as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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means for determining which of a first and second capacitance is smaller; means for identifying the smaller capacitance and the larger capacitance of the first and second capacitances based on the determination of which of the first and second capacitances is smaller; means for, during each of M iterations; connecting at least one of N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the smaller identified capacitance; and determining whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the larger identified capacitance; and means for, after the M iterations, approximating a difference between the first and second capacitances as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M and N are integers greater than or equal to 1. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system comprising:
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a capacitance adjustment module configured to connect one or more of N capacitors in parallel with a first capacitance and configured to connect an offset capacitor having a predetermined value in parallel with a second capacitance; and a control module configured to, during each of M iterations; instruct the capacitance adjustment module to connect at least one of the N capacitors across a set of nodes in parallel with the first capacitance; and determine whether the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is greater than the offset capacitor in parallel with the second capacitance, wherein, after the M iterations, the control module is configured to approximate the difference between the first and second capacitances as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system comprising:
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a capacitance adjustment module configured to connect one or more of N capacitors across a set of nodes; a capacitance comparison module configured to; connect to the set of nodes; connect to a target capacitance; and determine which of the target capacitance and a capacitance associated with the set of nodes is larger; and a control module configured to, during each of M iterations; instruct the capacitance adjustment module to connect at least one of the N capacitors across the set of nodes; and instruct the capacitance comparison module to determine which of the target capacitance and the capacitance associated with the set of nodes is larger, wherein, after the M iterations, the control module is configured to approximate the target capacitance as being equal to a sum of the N capacitors that are connected across the set of nodes, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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