Electric circuit comprising at least one switched capacitor and method of operating said circuit
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsJörg Schambacher, Peter Kirchlechner, Jürgen Lübbe
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AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsJörg Schambacher, Peter Kirchlechner, Jürgen Lübbe
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In an integrated circuit comprising a so-called “switched” capacitor, the latter is switched by a parallel circuit of two complementary switching transistors having mutually complementary switching pulse trains. Due to parasitic effects during this switching operation, disturbing offset voltages arise at the switched capacitor. In order to avoid such offset voltages, the edges of the one switching pulse train are shifted in time with respect to the corresponding edges of the complementary switching pulse train. To this end, a switching pulse generator contains a delay member fed with a control signal which is formed by means of a constant reference voltage using a dummy or simulation of that circuit that contains the switched capacitor.
A method of operating an electric circuit containing a switched capacitor that is switched by complementary electronic switches which are electrically arranged in parallel to each other and are controlled by complementary switching pulse signals, comprising:
An electric circuit, comprising:
A switched capacitor circuit, comprising:
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