Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter, electronic device, and method for controlling analog-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US16325146Application Date: 2017-07-07
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Publication No.: US10686460B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Taiki Iguchi , Shinichirou Etou , Yosuke Ueno , Daisuke Hirono
- Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3dbe2962
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/024944 WO 20170707
- International Announcement: WO2018/047457 WO 20180315
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00 ; H03M1/06 ; H03M1/46 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
The present invention aims to reduce power consumption in an ADC that performs AD conversion of a single-ended signal. A pair of sampling capacitors samples the single-ended signal. After the single-ended signal has been sampled, the connection control unit performs positive-side connection control of connecting both ends of one of the pair of sampling capacitors across a positive-side signal line and a predetermined ground potential and performs negative-side connection control of connecting both ends of the other of the pair of sampling capacitors across a negative-side signal line and the predetermined ground potential. A conversion unit converts a differential signals from the positive-side signal line and the negative-side signal line that have respectively undergone the positive-side connection control and the negative-side connection control into a digital signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190190526A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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