Patents by Inventor Clifford Fyvie

Clifford Fyvie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for use in analog-to-digital conversion
    Patent number: 9590653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a precharge sample-and-hold circuit. The circuit has an input terminal, a reference voltage terminal and an output terminal. Further, the circuit has a sampling capacitance coupled between the input terminal and the reference voltage terminal and configured to provide the sample voltage when said sample-and-hold circuit is in a holding mode and a cancellation capacitance. Implementations of a precharge sample-and-hold circuit and of methods to operate a precharge sample-and-hold circuit in an analog/digital converter are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Peter Bogner, Clifford Fyvie, Niranjan Reddy Suravarapu, Herwig Wappis
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USE IN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20160020778
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a precharge sample-and-hold circuit. The circuit has an input terminal, a reference voltage terminal and an output terminal. Further, the circuit has a sampling capacitance coupled between the input terminal and the reference voltage terminal and configured to provide the sample voltage when said sample-and-hold circuit is in a holding mode and a cancellation capacitance. Implementations of a precharge sample-and-hold circuit and of methods to operate a precharge sample-and-hold circuit in an analog/digital converter are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Bogner, Clifford Fyvie, Niranjan Reddy Suravarapu, Herwig Wappis