Patents by Inventor Olivier Jacques Nys

Olivier Jacques Nys 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).

  • Patent number: 8847811
    Abstract: Examples are provided for converting an analog signal to a digital output signal using serial-ripple analog-to-digital conversion (ADC). An ADC circuit may include conversion stages coupled in series. Each conversion stage may generate a bit for the digital output signal. A data latch may receive bits for the digital output signal from the conversion stages and to provide the digital output signal based on the bits. A conversion stage may include a comparator circuit and a multiplexer circuit. The comparator circuit may compare a sampled input signal with a reference signal and to generate the associated bit of the digital output signal based on a result of the comparison. The multiplexer circuit may provide an associated reference signal to a comparator circuit of a next conversion stage, where the next conversion stage is subsequent to the conversion stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Ark-Chew Wong, Olivier Jacques Nys, Jonathan Muller
  • Patent number: 8593325
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal. A system may include a current mode (CM) digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit to provide a DAC current. A comparator circuit may be configured to generate a comparator signal in response to an error signal determined based on the DAC current and the analog input signal. A successive approximation register circuit may be configured to generate at least one of a DAC-code signal or the digital output signal, in response to the comparator signal. The DAC-code signal may be used by the CM DAC circuit to control the DAC current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Ark-Chew Wong, Olivier Jacques Nys
  • Publication number: 20130201043
    Abstract: Examples are provided for converting an analog signal to a digital output signal using serial-ripple analog-to-digital conversion (ADC). An ADC circuit may include conversion stages coupled in series. Each conversion stage may generate a bit for the digital output signal. A data latch may receive bits for the digital output signal from the conversion stages and to provide the digital output signal based on the bits. A conversion stage may include a comparator circuit and a multiplexer circuit. The comparator circuit may compare a sampled input signal with a reference signal and to generate the associated bit of the digital output signal based on a result of the comparison. The multiplexer circuit may provide an associated reference signal to a comparator circuit of a next conversion stage, where the next conversion stage is subsequent to the conversion stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ark-Chew WONG, Olivier Jacques NYS, Jonathan MULLER
  • Publication number: 20130106630
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal. A system may include a current mode (CM) digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit to provide a DAC current. A comparator circuit may be configured to generate a comparator signal in response to an error signal determined based on the DAC current and the analog input signal. A successive approximation register circuit may be configured to generate at least one of a DAC-code signal or the digital output signal, in response to the comparator signal. The DAC-code signal may be used by the CM DAC circuit to control the DAC current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ark-Chew Wong, Olivier Jacques Nys