N-Path Interleaving Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with Offset gain and Timing Mismatch Calibration

Abstract

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.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The following applications are incorporated herein by reference:[0002]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[0003]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;[0004]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;[0005]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;[0006]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;[0007]TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOG-TO-DIGITA...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]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.

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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.

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