N-Path Interleaving Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with Offset gain and Timing Mismatch Calibration
A system and method are provided for calibrating timing mismatch in an n-path time interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The method digitizes an analog signal with an n-path interleaved ADC, creating an interleaved ADC signal. In a first process, the phase of the interleaved ADC signal is rotated by 90 degrees, creating a rotated signal. This rotation may be accomplished using a finite impulse response (FIR) filter with taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}, enabled as a derivative filter, or as a Hilbert transformation. In a parallel second process, the interleaved ADC signal is delayed, creating a delayed signal. The rotated signal is multiplied by the delayed signal to create a timing error signal. Using the timing error signal, timing errors are accumulated for the ADC signal paths, and corrections are applied that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
The following applications are incorporated herein by reference:
CURRENT IMPULSE (CI) DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER (DAC), invented by Mikko Waltari, Ser. No. 141750,203, filed Jun. 25, 2015, filed Jun. 25, 2015, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,178,528
TRAVELING PULSE WAVE QUANTIZER, invented by Mikko Waltari, Ser. No. 14/681,206, filed Apr. 8, 2015; issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,098,072;
N-PATH INTERLEAVING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) WITH BACKGROUND CALIBRATION, invented by Mikko Waltari, Ser. No. 14/531,371, filed Nov. 3, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9.030,340;
INTERLEAVING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) WITH BACKGROUND CALIBRATION, invented by Mikko Waltari et al., Ser. No. 14/511,206, filed Oct. 10, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,917,125;
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER JITTER CORRECTION, invented by Mikko Waltari et al., Ser. No. 14/081,568, filed Nov. 15, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,878,577;
TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR SIGNALS IN ANY NYQUIST ZONE, invented by Mikko Waltari, Ser. No. 13/603,495, filed Sep. 5, 2012, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,654,000 on Feb. 18, 2014.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting timing errors in an n-path interleaved ADC.
2. Description of the Related Art
An n-path time interleaved ADC consists of n component ADCs operated in parallel and together sampling the signal n times the rate of an individual ADC. In practice, the component ADCs are never truly identical and the sampling clocks they receive can have small phase deviations from the ideal sampling phase. As a result these timing and gain errors produce artifacts which in frequency domain show up as spectral images of the desired signal centered around every multiple of fs/n, where fs is the sampling rate of the composite ADC. If the errors are known they can be corrected with either digital post-processing after the ADC, or with an analog correction circuitry in the ADC, or with some combination of the two.
One way to facilitate the error correction task is to inject a narrow band known test signal into the ADC input, in the background, while the ADC is operating normally, as described in parent application U.S. Pat. No. 8,917,125, which is incorporated herein by reference. This method works well in a two-path case where the test tone produces an image tone, which is also out-of-band and possible to detect with good accuracy. In an n-path time interleaved ADC, one test tone produces (n-1) image tones, which all need to be accurately estimated to extract all the information needed for error calibration.
It would be advantageous if gain and timing errors could be estimated from the statistics of the ADC output signal while the ADC is operating normally, without interjecting a test signal.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONDisclosed herein are a system and method for estimating gain and timing errors could from the statistics generating by an analog-to-digital (ADC) output signal, while the ADC is operating normally, without interjecting a test signal. Two key components include a signal conditioning block prior to gain and timing error detection, and a novel way to determine the timing error.
Accordingly, a method is provided for calibrating timing mismatch in an n-path time interleaved ADC. The method digitizes an analog signal with an n-path interleaved ADC, creating an interleaved ADC signal. In a first process, the phase of the interleaved ADC signal is rotated by 90 degrees, creating a rotated signal. This rotation may be accomplished using a finite impulse response (FIR) filter with taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5 }, enabled as a derivative filter, or as a Hilbert transformation.
In a parallel second process, the interleaved ADC signal is delayed, creating a delayed signal. The rotated signal is multiplied by the delayed signal to create a timing error signal. Using the timing error signal, timing errors are accumulated for the ADC signal paths, and corrections are applied that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
In one aspect subsequent to multiplying the rotated signal by the delayed signal, the timing error signal is deinterleaved and at least (n-1) timing errors are accumulated for the correction of n ADC signal. paths. The rotated signal, the delayed signal, or both the rotated and delayed signals may be passed through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
Alternatively, the rotated signal is deinterleaved by n and the delayed signal is deinterleaved by n. Then, each deinterleaved rotated signal is multiplied by a corresponding deinterleaved delayed signal to create deinterleaved timing error signals. Timing errors are accumulated for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths. In this case, the deinterleaved rotated signals, the deinterleaved. delayed signals, and both the deinterleaved. rotated signals and deinterleaved delayed signals may be passed through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at 0 (DC) and fs_ch/2.
In a parallel process, the delayed signal is multiplied by itself creating a squared signal, which is used to accumulate gain errors for the ADC signal paths, so that corrections can be applied that minimize gain. errors in each of the n ADC signal paths. In a manner similar to processing the timing error signal, the squared signal may be deinterleaved to accumulate at least (n-1) gain errors for the correction of n ADC signal paths. Alternatively, the delayed signal may be deinterleaved, and each deinterleaved delayed signal multiplied by itself to create deinterleaved squared signals, to accumulate at least (n-1) gain errors for the n ADC signal paths.
Additional details of the above described method and an associated ADC with a system for calibrating timing mismatch are provided below.
A delay unit 204 has an input to accept the interleaved ADC signal on line 110. The delay unit 204 delays the interleaved ADC signal and supplies a delayed signal at an output on line 206. The delay is designed match whatever delay occurs in rotating the interleaved signal through the first filter 200. A first multiplier 208 has inputs to accept the rotated signal on line 202 and the delayed signal on line 206. The multiplier 208 multiplies the rotated signal by the delayed signal to supply a timing error signal at an output on line 210. A first accumulator 212 has an input to accept the timing error signal. The first accumulator 212 accumulates timing errors for the ADC signal paths and supplies timing correction signals at an output on line 214 to minimize timing errors in each of the ADC signal paths.
In one aspect as shown, a first deinterleaver 216 has an input on line 210 to accept the timing error signal and an output to supply deinterleaved timing error signals on lines 218-1 through 218-n. In this case, the first accumulator 212 comprises at least (n-1) timing error sub-accumulators 220-1 through 220-(n-1). In the typical case as shown, n number of accumulators is used, and the timing error signal is deinterleaved into n timing error signals. Each timing error sub-accumulator has an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved timing error signal and an output to supply timing correction signals for a corresponding ADC path on at least lines 222-1 through 222-(n-1), grouped together as line 214.
In one aspect, one or more conditioning filters may be used. A first condition filter 224 may be interposed between the first filter 200 output and first multiplier 208 input, or a second conditioning filter 226 may interposed between the delay unit 204 output and the first multiplier 208 input. In another aspect, both the first conditioning filter 224 and the second conditioning filter 226 may be used. Each conditioning filter 224 and 226 has a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs13 ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/2). Because of the optional use and placement of the conditioning filters, they are shown in phantom.
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A second deinterleaver 236 has an input on line 230 to accept the squared signal and an output on lines 238-1 through 238-n to supply deinterleaved squared signals. The second accumulator 232 comprises at least (n-1) gain error sub-accumulators 240-1 through 240-(n-1). Each sub-accumulator has an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved squared signal and an output to supply gain correction signals for a corresponding ADC path.
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In one aspect, the error controller 116 selects one ADC signal path at random and interchanges an order in which it is interleaved with its immediate neighboring ADC signal path in the interleaving order. Further, the error controller 116 may control the frequency at which the order in which the n ADC signal paths are interleaved. The frequency of rotation may be periodic or random. In one aspect, the error controller supplies timing adjustment information to the clock 112 using line 118 (shown in phantom).
In another aspect, as shown in
The systems described above are based on the fact that while the input signal is unknown, it usually satisfies the following conditions: it is band limited, which is required to prevent aliasing, and the signal statistics are the same for each path.
However, there are some special cases where these conditions are not true. One such case is a periodic signal with period of fs/n and another with period of fs/(2*n), where n is the order of interleaving. For instance, a sine wave with a frequency of fs/4 in 4× interleaved ADC would produce DC output for each sub-ADC and would thus be indistinguishable from a DC offset. Even when the period of the signal is not exactly fs/4 but very close, distinguishing between the signal and mismatch error is difficult and requires very long averaging time. In the second case, a signal at fs/8 produces a pattern of two repeating points in the sub-ADC outputs. This pattern can look like gain or timing mismatch.
Even when the input signal is a wide band signal, but has components in these frequencies, the error detection accuracy is affected.
These problems are addressed with the use of the above-described conditioning filters. The conditioning filters remove signal from these frequencies before the gain and timing error detection by application to the corrected non-interleaved signals. In contrast, filtering the interleaved signal would make every filtered signal value be a weighted average of several consecutive samples (that come from different sub-ADCs) and thus destroy the sample-to-sub-ADC correspondence and make the error detection very difficult. Thus, the signal conditioning is performed after the error correction (after interleaver 108, see
The filter transfer function has a zero at fs_ch/2, or in other words at the Nyquist frequency of the sub-ADC. Note that the frequencies in this context refer to the non-interleaved signal. Such a filter can be very simple FIR filter such as the one having taps {0.5, 0, −0.5}. It is often beneficial to have a zero also at DC (again referring to non-interleaved signal), see
The error estimation follows the signal conditioning block, see
The timing error originates at the sampling in the front of the ADC. If the incoming ADC sampling clock has a skew (or the sampler itself causes it), the resulting voltage error is equal to the amount that the input signal has changed between the ideal sampling instant and the actual one. This change is proportional to the magnitude of the timing skew and the signal rate of change, i.e., its time derivative.
It can be shown that, if the signal with timing skew error is multiplied by its time derivative, the product has a derivative squared term that is proportional to the timing skew. This component has a non-zero mean that makes it possible obtain a timing skew estimate by averaging it. The multiplication produces other terms as well, but those have a zero mean and are averaged out.
One way to understand this is to consider the analogy of finding the signal power using the root mean square. Prior to the square root operation, the signal is multiplied by itself and averaged, which can be viewed as correlation. In the same way, when the signal is correlated with its derivative, an error free signal produces zero output, as the derivative is orthogonal to the signal. But when the signal has an error component that is proportional to the derivative, it can be detected. In the frequency domain the detected error shows up as tones at multiples of fs/n, becoming DC after deinterleaving.
To obtain the derivative, the interleaved signal is passed through a derivative filter, which can be fairly simple FIR type filter. The interleaved signal is used at this point, as the non-interleaved signals cannot be used to find the derivative of a wide band signal due to aliasing. The filter input signal is also passed through a parallel delay-only path to obtain a version of the input signal that is time aligned with the derivative filter output. These two signals are multiplied together as shown in
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There is essentially no difference in error information collection between n and n-1 correction signals, as the information for all n channels is always needed. Either n or (n-1) correction signals can be used because the errors are relative, not absolute. Therefore, for n channels (paths), there are only (n-1) independent parameters. However, correction values must still be obtained for all n channels. One option., as shown in
The filter used doesn't necessarily need to be a derivative filter, as it is only necessary to produce a similar phase response, which means having a 90 degree phase shift. Another suitable filter that has this property is the Hilbert transformer. There are numerous other filters that also fulfill this criterion. One very simple one is a FIR filter with taps of {0.5, 0, −0.5}.
It may seem counter-intuitive to use a corrupted signal to calculate its own derivative, as the error would appear to be indistinguishable from the signal itself. One way to understand this apparent contradiction is to consider the taps of a FIR type derivative filter. The filter has zero center tap and relatively large valued taps on the next position on both sides. This makes the derivative heavily weighted on the ADC output samples immediately before and after (i.e. samples from neighboring sub-ADCs) the sample whose error is being detected, and only weakly dependent on itself even in the two channel case. The simple 90 degree phase shift filter mentioned above doesn't use the current channel samples at all.
Timing and gain mismatch detection may be considered in the frequency domain. For a single sine wave at frequency (fin) the error produced by timing or gain mismatch appears as tones at frequencies fs/(n*k)-fin. The act of multiplying the signal by itself (squaring) or by its derivative is a mixing operation that shifts these tones to frequencies fs/n*k and the detection can be performed by sub-sampling (i.e. deinterleaving the signal) and averaging over time. In one case, the signal may not a single tone but a wide band signal that has components both at frequency f1 and at one or more of the frequencies fs/(n*k-f1). As long as the signal at those frequencies is not correlated, the method still works, albeit the required averaging time may become much longer. In many real-world situations this is the case and the method can be used. In some cases, however, some correlation may be present and the situation may occur that the input signal and the mismatch error are indistinguishable from one another.
To break this correlation, the order in which ADC channels sample the input signal may be periodically changed, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 9,030,340, which is incorporated herein by reference. Disruption free channel reordering can be accomplished by either introducing one redundant channel, or in the case where n is large, designing the ADCs slightly faster than normally required to be able to tolerate shortened clock periods when phase reordering is performed.
Step 802 digitizes an analog signal with an n-path interleaved ADC, creating an interleaved ADC signal, where n is an integer greater than 1. In a first process, Step 804 rotates the phase of the interleaved ADC signal by 90 degrees, creating a rotated signal. As noted above, this step may be performed using a FIR filter having taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}, using a derivative filter, or performing a Hilbert transformation. In a parallel second process. Step 806 delays the interleaved ADC signal and creates a delayed signal. Step 808 multiplies the rotated signal by the delayed signal and creates a timing error signal. Step 810 uses the timing error signal to accumulate timing errors for the ADC signal paths. Step 812 applies corrections that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
In one aspect, accumulating timing errors in Step 810 includes the following substeps, Step 810a, subsequent to multiplying the rotated signal by the delayed signal, deinterleaves the timing error signal and Step 810b accumulates timing errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths. In one aspect, Step 807 passes the rotated signal, the delayed signal, or both the rotated and delayed signals through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at fs13 ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
In another aspect, creating the rotated signal in Step 804 includes deinterleaving the rotated signal, and created the delayed signal in Step 806 includes deinterleaving the delayed signal. Step 808 multiplies each deinterleaved rotated signal by a corresponding deinterleaved delayed signal, creating deinterleaved timing error signals. Then, Step 810b accumulates timing errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths. In this aspect, Step 807 optionally passes deinterleaved rotated signals, deinterleaved delayed signals, or both deinterleaved rotated signals and deinterleaved delayed signals through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at 0 (DC) and fs_ch/2. The conditioning filter may be a FIR filter having taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}.
In one aspect, Step 814 multiplies the delayed signal by itself creating a squared signal. Step 816 uses the squared signal to accumulate gain, errors for the ADC signal paths, and Step 818 applies corrections that minimize gain errors in each of the n ADC signal paths. In one variation, accumulating gain errors for the ADC signal paths in Step 816 includes substeps. Step 816a deinterleaves the squared signal and Step 816 b accumulates gain errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
In a second variation, creating the delayed signal in Step 806 includes deinterleaving the delayed signal. Step 814 multiplies each deinterleaved delayed signal by itself, creating deinterleaved squared signals. Then, Step 816b accumulates gain errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
In one aspect, creating the interleaved ADC signal in Step 802 includes changing the interleaving order in which the analog input signal is sampled. The order may be changed periodically, pseudo-randomly, or randomly. In a related aspect, Step 802 may select one ADC signal path at random and interchange the order in which it is interleaved with its immediate neighboring ADC signal path in the interleaving order. The interleaving order may be changed with a periodic or random frequency.
In another aspect, accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths in Step 810 includes accumulating timing error for each of the n ADC signal paths. Then, applying corrections that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths in Step 812 includes the following substeps. Step 812a calculates a mean timing error for the n ADC signal paths, and Step 812b uses the mean timing error to modify the timing error signals in a manner that minimizes the mean error.
A system and method have been provided for calibrating timing and gain mismatch errors in an n-path interleaving analog-to-digital converter. Examples of particular message structures, processes, and modules have been presented to illustrate the invention. However, the invention is not limited to merely these examples. Other variations and embodiments of the invention will occur to those skilled in the art.
Claims
1. A method for calibrating timing mismatch in an n-path time interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the method comprising:
- digitizing an analog signal with an n-path interleaved ADC, creating an interleaved ADC signal, where n is an integer greater than 1;
- in a first process, rotating a phase of the interleaved ADC signal by 90 degrees and creating a rotated signal;
- in a parallel second process, delaying the interleaved ADC signal and creating a delayed signal;
- multiplying the rotated signal by the delayed signal and creating a timing error signal;
- using the timing error signal, accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths; and,
- applying corrections that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein rotating the phase of the interleaved ADC signal includes passing the interleaved ADC signal through a finite impulse response (FIR) filter.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein passing the interleaved ADC signal through the FIR filter includes passing the interleaved signal through a derivative filter.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein passing the interleaved ADC signal through the FIR filter includes performing a Hilbert transformation.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein passing the interleaved signal through the FIR filter includes passing the interleaved signal through a FIR filter having taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths includes:
- subsequent to multiplying the rotated signal by the delayed signal, deinterleaving the timing error signal; and,
- accumulating timing errors for least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
- passing a signal selected from a group consisting of the rotated signal, the delayed signal, or both the rotated and delayed signals through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
8. The method of claim 1 wherein creating the rotated signal includes deinterleaving the rotated signal;
- wherein creating the delayed signal includes deinterleaving the delayed signal;
- wherein creating the timing error signal includes multiplying each deinterleaved erleaved rotated signal by a corresponding deinterleaved delayed signal and creating deinterleaved timing error signals; and,
- wherein accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths includes accumulating timing errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
- passing signals selected from the group consisting of deinterleaved rotated signals, deinterleaved delayed signals, and both deinterleaved rotated signals and deinterleaved delayed signals through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at 0 (DC) and fs/2.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein passing each selected signal through a conditioning filter includes passing each selected signal through a FIR filter having taps at {0.5, 0, −0.5}.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
- multiplying the delayed signal by itself creating a squared signal;
- using the squared signal, accumulating gain errors for the ADC signal paths; and,
- applying corrections that minimize gain errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein accumulating gain errors for the ADC signal paths includes:
- deinterleaving the squared signal; and,
- accumulating gain errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
- passing the delayed signal through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaving sampling rate (fs/n).
14. The method of claim 11 wherein creating the delayed signal includes deinterleaving the delayed signal;
- wherein creating the squared signal includes multiplying each deinterleaved delayed signal by itself and creating deinterleaved squared signals; and,
- wherein accumulating gain errors for the ADC signal paths includes accumulating gain errors for at least (n-1) ADC signal paths.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:
- passing each deinterleaved delayed signal through a conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at 0 (DC) and fs_ch/2, where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
16-18. (canceled)
19. The method of claim 1 wherein accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths includes accumulating timing error for each of the n ADC signal paths; and,
- wherein applying corrections that minimize timing errors in each of the n ADC signal paths includes: calculating a mean timing error for the n ADC signal paths; and, using the mean timing error, modifying the timing error signals being accumulated to minimize the mean error.
20. An n-path time interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a system for calibrating timing mismatch, the ADC comprising:
- at least n ADCs, each ADC having an input to accept an analog input and clock signals, and an output path to supply a digital sample signal, where n is an integer greater than 1;
- an interleaver having inputs to accept the digital sample signals and an output to supply a digital n-path interleaved ADC signal;
- a first filter having an input to accept the interleaved ADC signal, the first filter rotating a phase of the interleaved ADC signal by 90 degrees and supplying a rotated signal at an output;
- a delay unit having an input to accept the interleaved ADC signal, the delay unit delaying the interleaved ADC signal and supplying a delayed signal at an output;
- a first multiplier having inputs to accept the rotated signal and the delayed signal, the multiplier multiplying the rotated signal by the delayed signal to supply a timing error signal at an output; and,
- a first accumulator having an input to accept the timing error signal, the first accumulator accumulating timing errors for the ADC signal paths and supplying timing correction signals at an output to minimize timing errors in each of the ADC signal paths.
21. The ADC of claim 20 wherein the first filter is a finite impulse response (FIR) filter.
22. The ADC of claim 21 wherein the FIR filter is a derivative filter.
23. The ADC of claim 21 wherein the FIR filter is a Hilbert transformer.
24. (canceled)
25. The ADC of claim 20 further comprising:
- a deinterleaver having an input to accept the timing error signal and an output to supply n deinterleaved timing error signals; and,
- wherein the first accumulator comprises at least (n-1) timing error sub-accumulators, each timing error sub-accumulator having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved timing error signal and an output to supply timing correction signals for a corresponding ADC path.
26. The ADC of claim 25 further comprising:
- a conditioning filter selected from the group consisting of a first condition filter interposed between the first filter output and first multiplier input, and second conditioning filter interposed between the delay unit output and the first multiplier input, and both the first and second conditioning filters, where each conditioning filter has a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
27. The ADC of claim 20 further comprising;
- a first deinterleaver having an input to accept the rotated signal and an output to supply deinterleaved rotated signals;
- a second deinterleaver having an input to accept the delayed signal and an output to supply deinterleaved delayed signals;
- wherein the first multiplier comprises n sub-multipliers, each sub-multiplier having inputs to accept corresponding deinterleaved rotated and deinterleaved delayed signals, and an output to supply a corresponding timing error signal; and.
- wherein the first accumulator comprises at least (n-1) timing error sub-accumulators, each timing error sub-accumulator having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved timing error signal and an output to supply a timing correction signal for a corresponding ADC path.
28. The ADC of claim 26 further comprising:
- a conditioning filter selected from the group consisting of a first set of n conditioning filters, each interposed between corresponding first deinterleaver outputs and sub-multiplier inputs, a second set of n conditioning filters, each interposed between corresponding second deinterleaver outputs and corresponding sub-multiplier inputs, and both the first and second sets of conditioning filters, where each conditioning filter has a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
99. (canceled)
30. The ADC of claim 20 further comprising:
- a second multiplier having an input to accept the delayed signal, the second multiplier multiplying the delayed signal by itself and supplying a squared signal at an output; and,
- a second accumulator having an input to accept the squared signal, the second accumulator accumulating gain errors for the ADC signal paths and supplying gain correction signals at an output to minimize gain errors in each of the n ADC signal paths.
31. The ADC of claim 30 further comprising:
- a deinterleaver having an input to accept the squared signal and an output to supply deinterleaved squared signals; and,
- wherein the second accumulator comprises at least (n-1) gain error sub-accumulators, each gain error sub-accumulator having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved squared signal and an output to supply gain correction signals for a corresponding ADC path.
32. The ADC of claim 31 further comprising:
- a conditioning filter having an input to accept the delayed signal and an output connected to the inputs of the first multiplier and second multiplier, the conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at fs_ch/2 and 0 (DC), where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
33. The ADC of claim 30 further comprising:
- a deinterleaver having an input to accept the delayed signal and an output to supply deinterleaved delayed signals;
- wherein the second multiplier comprises n sub-multipliers, each sub-multiplier having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved delay signal and an output to supply a deinterleaved squared signals; and,
- wherein the second accumulator comprises at least (n-1) gain error sub-accumulators, each gain error sub-accumulator having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved squared signal and an output to supply gain correction signals for a corresponding ADC path.
34. The ADC of claim 33 further comprising:
- n conditioning filters, each conditioning filter having an input to accept a corresponding deinterleaved delayed signal and an output connected to a corresponding sub-multiplier input, each conditioning filter having a transfer function with zeros at 0 (DC) and fs_ch/2, where fs_ch is the deinterleaved sampling rate (fs/n).
35. The ADC of claim 20 further comprising:
- an error controller having inputs to accept the timing correction signals, an output for making timing adjustments, and an output for changing the interleaving order in which the analog input is sampled in a manner selected from the group consisting of periodically, randomly, or pseudo-randomly.
36-38. (canceled)
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 29, 2015
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2016
Inventor: Mikko Waltari (Escondido, CA)
Application Number: 14/927,077