DC offset compensation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9716476
APP PUB NO 20140112500A1
SERIAL NO

14142276

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An apparatus and method for DC offset compensation. An amplifier receives an input signal (AIN) and provides an amplified output signal (SOUT) and a feedback path provides DC offset compensation. The feedback path comprises at least one voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a counter. The VCO provides, over time, a first VCO output signal based on said amplified output signal and a second VCO output signal based on a reference signal (VREF). The counter generates first pulse counts based upon the first VCO output signal and second pulse counts based upon the second VCO output signal and provides a compensation signal based on a comparison of the first and second pulse counts. One voltage controlled oscillator may sequentially receive a signal based on said amplifier output signal and the reference signal from a multiplexer so as to sequentially produce the first and second VCO output signals.

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CIRRUS LOGIC INC800 W 6TH STREET AUSTIN TX 78701

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Lesso, John Paul Edinburgh, GB 208 2319

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