Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-digital converter, semiconductor device, and voltage signal generation method
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Application No.: US16412030Application Date: 2019-05-14
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Publication No.: US10700693B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Akemi Watanabe
- Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@2aa5b3c8
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/44 ; H03M3/00

Abstract:
The analog-to-digital converter includes a quantizer for outputting a quantized signal, a sampling circuit for sampling an analog input signal, a dithering circuit for generating an added voltage, and an integrating circuit for integrating a signal on which the added voltage is superimposed and outputting an integration result to the quantizer. The dithering circuit includes a variable capacitance circuit and a control circuit. The variable capacitance circuit includes a plurality of capacitors. The control circuit controls the capacitance of the variable capacitance circuit to a capacitance smaller than the capacitances of the capacitors, and causes the variable capacitance circuit to generate an added voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190386669A1 ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND VOLTAGE SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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