Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter circuit and method for analog-to-digital conversion
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Application No.: US16634925Application Date: 2018-07-12
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Publication No.: US11206032B2Publication Date: 2021-12-21
- Inventor: Rodolfo Rodrigues , Flavio Santos
- Applicant: ams International AG
- Applicant Address: CH Rapperswil
- Assignee: ams International AG
- Current Assignee: ams International AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Rapperswil
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP
- Priority: EP17183983 20170731
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/068953 WO 20180712
- International Announcement: WO2019/025152 WO 20190207
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
In an embodiment an analog-to-digital converter circuit has an input for receiving at least a first analog signal level, a ramp generator adapted to provide a ramp signal having a constant and adjustable starting level which splits into a first section which is rising and a second section which is falling concurrently to the first section's rising, wherein the starting level lies within an input range of the analog-to-digital converter circuit, a comparison unit which is coupled by its first input to the input of the analog-to-digital converter circuit and is coupled by its second input in a switchable manner to the ramp generator, a counter which is coupled to a control unit, and the control unit which is coupled to an output of the comparison unit, wherein the control unit is prepared to enable the counter depending on a comparison of the ramp signal with the first analog signal level and to determine a digital value as a function of a count of the counter reached at an intersection point of the ramp signal with at least the first analog signal level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210099182A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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