# US 2021/0242876 A1 · Fluctuation suppression circuit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0242876 A1 - Document ID: US20210242876A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/238,748 - Filed: 2021-04-23 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-29 - Assignees: Denso Corporation - Applicants: Denso Corporation - Inventors: Kazutaka HONDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210242876A1 ## CPC - H03M 1/0863: {of switching transients, e.g. glitches} - H03M 3/376: {Prevention or reduction of switching transients, e.g. glitches} - H03H 19/00: Networks using time-varying elements, e.g. N-path filters - H03M 3/458: {Analogue/digital converters using delta-sigma modulation as an intermediate step} - H03M: CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) - H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P) ## Abstract A fluctuation suppression circuit suppresses fluctuation of a reference voltage supplied to a switched capacitor circuit having a differential configuration. The switched capacitor circuit includes an input capacitor for charging an input voltage and a reference capacitor for charging the reference voltage. The input capacitor and the reference capacitor are separately disposed. The fluctuation suppression circuit includes an electric charge supply circuit. The electric charge supply circuit generates an offset electric charge by adopting a predetermined offset voltage, for offsetting a charged or discharged electric charge generated in the switched capacitor circuit, and supplies the offset electric charge to two reference input nodes, which are supplied with the reference voltage, in the switched capacitor circuit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluctuation suppression circuit comprising: an electric charge supply circuit, wherein the fluctuation suppression circuit is configured to suppress fluctuation of a reference voltage supplied to a switched capacitor circuit having a differential configuration, wherein the switched capacitor circuit includes an input capacitor for charging an input voltage and a reference capacitor for charging the reference voltage, and the input capacitor and the reference capacitor are separately disposed, and wherein the electric charge supply circuit is configured to: generate an offset electric charge by adopting a predetermined offset voltage, for offsetting a charged or discharged electric charge generated in the switched capacitor circuit; and supply the offset electric charge to two reference input nodes, which are supplied with the reference voltage, in the switched capacitor circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the electric charge supply circuit is further configured to supply the offset electric charge at a timing identical to a timing at which the charged or discharged electric charge is generated in the switched capacitor circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the electric charge supply circuit is further configured to generate the offset electric charge by adopting the offset voltage having a voltage value being a constant value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the electric charge supply circuit is a differential configuration, wherein one of the two reference input nodes is a first reference input node, and another one of the two reference input nodes is a second reference input node, and wherein the electric charge supply circuit includes: two offset capacitors provided as a pair in the differential configuration, one of the two offset capacitors being a first offset capacitor and another one of the two offset capacitors being a second offset capacitor; a first offset switch configured to connect or disconnect the first offset capacitor and the first reference input node; and a second offset switch configured to connect or disconnect the second offset capacitor and the second reference input node. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 4, wherein the electric charge supply circuit further includes a switch circuit configured to charge or discharge the two offset capacitors by adopting the offset voltage, wherein the offset voltage is supplied to two offset nodes, wherein one of the two offset nodes is a first offset node, and another one of the two offset nodes is a second offset node, and wherein the switch circuit includes: a first group of switches having two switches, one of the two switches in the first group configured to connect or disconnect the first offset node and the first offset capacitor, another one of the two switches in the first group configured to connect or disconnect the first offset node and the second offset capacitor; and a second group of switches having two switches, one of the two switches in the second group configured to connect or disconnect the second offset node and the first offset capacitor, another one of the two switches in the second group configured to connect or disconnect the second offset node and the second offset capacitor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the switched capacitor circuit is further configured to execute: a sampling operation for charging the input capacitor; and a holding operation for holding an electric charge stored in the input capacitor charged by the sampling operation, wherein the holding operation generates the charged or discharged electric charge, and wherein the electric charge supply circuit is further configured to supply the offset electric charge in the holding operation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the switched capacitor is configured to execute: a sampling operation for charging the input capacitor; and a holding operation for holding an electric charge stored in the input capacitor charged by the sampling operation, wherein the sampling operation and the holding operation generate the charged or discharged electric charge, and wherein the electric charge supply circuit is further configured to supply the offset electric charge in the holding operation and the sampling operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 7, wherein the electric charge supply circuit includes two electric charge supply circuits, wherein one of the two electric charge supply circuits is a first electric charge supply circuit configured to supply the offset electric charge in the sampling operation, and another one of two electric charge supply circuits is a second electric charge supply circuit configured to supply the offset electric charge in the holding operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the fluctuation suppression circuit is further configured to suppress the fluctuation of the reference voltage supplied to the switched capacitor circuit included in a part of an analog-to-digital converter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fluctuation suppression circuit according to claim 1, wherein the fluctuation suppression circuit is further configured to suppress the fluctuation of the reference voltage supplied to the switched capacitor circuit included in a part of a level shift circuit.