Abstract: A system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a filter communicatively coupled to the measurement circuit. The measurement circuit may be configured to measure phase information associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and based on the phase information, determine a displacement of a mechanical member relative to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor. The filter may be configured to isolate changes to the displacement which are significantly slower than an expected change to the displacement in response to a human interaction with the mechanical member.

Abstract: A system and method provide on-line, wafer-level, die-level, or package-level thermal calibration of an integrated measurement resistor with a single temperature insertion. The system includes a measurement resistor integrated on a substrate with an unknown temperature coefficient and a temperature reference sensor thermally coupled to the measurement resistor. A measurement circuit measures an indication of a resistance of the measurement resistor. An electrically-controllable integrated heat source is operated by a controller to change a temperature of the measurement resistor and the temperature reference sensor and stores values of the resistance indication and the sensed temperature corresponding to multiple temperatures of the temperature of the measurement resistor and the temperature reference sensor.

Abstract: A current digital-to-analog converter may be used in a system for measuring temperature of a thermistor, with mismatch reduction techniques applied to digital-to-analog converter elements of the digital-to-analog converter in order to maximize accuracy and precisions of the temperature measurement.

Abstract: A single integrated circuit may include a signal path configured to generate an output signal from an input signal, wherein the signal path includes an amplifier configured to drive the output signal, a direct-current-to-direct-current (DC-DC) power converter having a power inductor integrated in the single integrated circuit and configured to generate a supply voltage to the amplifier from a source voltage to the DC-DC power converter, and control circuitry for controlling operation of converter switches of the DC-DC power converter in order that the supply voltage tracks at least one among the input signal and the output signal.

Abstract: A method for calibrating gain in a multi-path subsystem having a first processing path, a second processing path, and a mixed signal return path, may include low-pass filtering an input signal and a mixed signal return path signal generated from the input signal at subsonic frequencies to generate a filtered input signal and a filtered mixed signal return path signal and tracking and correcting for a gain difference between the first processing path and the second processing path based on the filtered input signal and the filtered mixed signal return path signal.

Abstract: A differential output current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) circuit may include a delta-sigma modulator configured to receive a digital input signal, a control circuit responsive to the delta-sigma modulator configured to perform a DAC decode operation, a plurality of DAC elements responsive to the DAC decode operation, the plurality of DAC elements configured to, in concert, generate a differential output current signal based on the digital input signal to a load coupled to a pair of output terminals of the IDAC, and an output impedance coupled between the pair of output terminals such that the output impedance is in parallel with the load.

Abstract: A method may include applying an excitation signal to a capacitor of the capacitive sensor which causes generation of a modulated signal from an input signal indicative of a variance in a capacitance of the capacitor, detecting the modulated signal with a detector to generate a detected modulated signal that has a phase shift relative to the excitation signal, demodulating the detected modulated signal into an in-phase component and a quadrature component using a reference signal, nullifying the quadrature component by setting a phase of the reference signal relative to the excitation signal to compensate for the phase shift, and outputting the in-phase component as an unmodulated output signal representative of the capacitance.

Abstract: A system may include a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) configured to convert a digital input signal into an output current signal and a switched-mode power supply configured to provide electrical energy in the form of a supply voltage to the IDAC for operation of the IDAC, the switched-mode power supply configured to track a voltage signal derived from the digital input current signal and generate the supply voltage based on the voltage signal and a voltage headroom above the voltage signal.

Abstract: A differential output current digital-to-analog (IDAC) circuit may include a delta-sigma modulator configured to receive a digital input signal, a control circuit responsive to the delta-sigma modulator configured to perform a DAC decode operation, a plurality of DAC elements responsive to the DAC decode operation, the plurality of DAC elements configured to, in concert, generate a differential output current signal based on the digital input signal to a load coupled to a pair of output terminals of the IDAC, and a plurality of warming switches, each warming switch coupled to a respective bias transistor of a respective DAC element of the plurality of DAC elements, wherein the control circuit may further be configured to selectively control each such warming switch in order to selectively de-bias and bias a respective bias transistor of such warming switch when a respective DAC element of the respective bias transistor is output-disabled from generating the differential output current signal.

Abstract: A method for measuring a capacitive sensor output may include applying an excitation signal to a capacitor of the capacitive sensor which causes generation of a modulated signal from a baseband signal, wherein the excitation signal is of a carrier frequency which is higher than frequency content of the baseband signal, demodulating the modulated signal to generate an intermediate signal representative of a capacitance of the capacitor wherein the demodulating is based, at least in part, on the excitation signal, converting the intermediate signal into a pulse-density modulated output signal with a pulse-density modulator, and shaping a noise transfer function of the pulse-density modulator to have an approximate zero at the carrier frequency.

Abstract: A differential output current digital-to-analog (IDAC) circuit may include a delta-sigma modulator configured to receive a digital input signal, a control circuit responsive to the delta-sigma modulator configured to perform a DAC decode operation, a plurality of DAC elements responsive to the DAC decode operation, the plurality of DAC elements configured to, in concert, generate a differential output current signal based on the digital input signal to a load coupled to a pair of output terminals of the IDAC, and a plurality of warming switches, each warming switch coupled to a respective bias transistor of a respective DAC element of the plurality of DAC elements, wherein the control circuit may further be configured to selectively control each such warming switch in order to selectively de-bias and bias a respective bias transistor of such warming switch when a respective DAC element of the respective bias transistor is output-disabled from generating the differential output current signal.

Abstract: A system may include a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) configured to convert a digital input signal into an output current signal and a switched-mode power supply configured to provide electrical energy in the form of a supply voltage to the IDAC for operation of the IDAC, the switched-mode power supply configured to track a voltage signal derived from the digital input current signal and generate the supply voltage based on the voltage signal and a voltage headroom above the voltage signal.

Abstract: A differential output current digital-to-analog (IDAC) circuit may include a delta-sigma modulator configured to receive a digital input signal, a control circuit responsive to the delta-sigma modulator configured to perform a DAC decode operation, a plurality of DAC elements responsive to the DAC decode operation, the plurality of DAC elements configured to, in concert, generate a differential output current signal based on the digital input signal to a load coupled to a pair of output terminals of the IDAC, and an output impedance coupled between the pair of output terminals such that the output impedance is in parallel with the load.

Abstract: A single integrated circuit may include a signal path configured to generate an output signal from an input signal, wherein the signal path includes an amplifier configured to drive the output signal, a direct-current-to-direct-current (DC-DC) power converter having a power inductor integrated in the single integrated circuit and configured to generate a supply voltage to the amplifier from a source voltage to the DC-DC power converter, and control circuitry for controlling operation of converter switches of the DC-DC power converter in order that the supply voltage tracks at least one among the input signal and the output signal.

Abstract: A system may include a first resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, a second resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the first resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and the second resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and configured to measure first phase information associated with the first resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, measure second phase information associated with the second resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and based on the first phase information and the second phase information, determine a displacement of a mechanical member relative to the first resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus may include a signal path comprising a closed-loop analog pulse width modulator having a forward signal path and a feedback path, a variable resistor coupled to an output of the closed-loop analog pulse width modulator, and a control circuit configured to modify the variable resistor in order to modify an output impedance outside of the feedback path of the closed-loop analog pulse width modulator responsive to a condition for switching between a high output impedance mode and a low output impedance mode of the closed-loop analog pulse width modulator or vice versa.

Abstract: A method for calibrating gain in a multi-path subsystem having a first processing path, a second processing path, and a mixed signal return path, may include low-pass filtering an input signal and a mixed signal return path signal generated from the input signal at subsonic frequencies to generate a filtered input signal and a filtered mixed signal return path signal and tracking and correcting for a gain difference between the first processing path and the second processing path based on the filtered input signal and the filtered mixed signal return path signal.

Abstract: A method for measuring a capacitive sensor output may include applying an excitation signal to a capacitor of the capacitive sensor which causes generation of a modulated signal from a baseband signal, wherein the excitation signal is of a carrier frequency which is higher than frequency content of the baseband signal, demodulating the modulated signal to generate an intermediate signal representative of a capacitance of the capacitor wherein the demodulating is based, at least in part, on the excitation signal, converting the intermediate signal into a pulse-density modulated output signal with a pulse-density modulator, and shaping a noise transfer function of the pulse-density modulator to have an approximate zero at the carrier frequency.

Abstract: A digital delta-sigma modulator may include a loop filter having a loop filter input configured to receive an input signal and generate an intermediate signal responsive to the input signal and a multi-bit quantizer configured to quantize the intermediate signal into a quantized output signal which is fed back as an input to the loop filter. The multi-bit quantizer may further be configured to operate in at least two modes comprising: (a) a normal mode in which, for each sample of the intermediate signal, the multi-bit quantizer generates a corresponding sample having a value selected from a set of a plurality of quantization levels; and (b) a code suppression mode in which, for each sample of the intermediate signal, the multi-bit quantizer generates a corresponding sample having a value selected from a subset of the set of a plurality of quantization levels.

Abstract: A method for measuring a capacitive sensor output may include applying an excitation signal to a capacitor of the capacitive sensor which causes generation of a modulated signal from a baseband signal, wherein the excitation signal is of a carrier frequency which is higher than frequency content of the baseband signal, demodulating the modulated signal to generate an intermediate signal representative of a capacitance of the capacitor wherein the demodulating is based, at least in part, on the excitation signal, converting the intermediate signal into a pulse-density modulated output signal with a pulse-density modulator, and shaping a noise transfer function of the pulse-density modulator to have an approximate zero at the carrier frequency.