Patents by Inventor Nigel Coote

Nigel Coote 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).

  • Publication number: 20050219091
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of calibrating a time-interleaved analogue-to-digital sampler (10) and to a method of performing analogue-to-digital conversion with a sampler (10) so calibrated. The invention provides a method of calibrating a sampler (10) comprising N time-interleaved ADCs (12a-d), the method comprising the steps of: (a) injecting in turn N calibration signals (13) into the sampler such that each calibration signal (13) occupies one of N related frequencies; (b) determining the input signal for each one of the N calibration frequencies (13); (c) measuring in the frequency domain the output at each of the N related frequencies for each one of the N calibration frequencies; and (d) determining the relationship that relates the input signal to the output at each of the N related frequencies for each one of the N calibration frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: John Wood, Nigel Coote