Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor having high resolution analog to digital converter
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Application No.: US17037428Application Date: 2020-09-29
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Publication No.: US11575853B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Chao Yang , Matthew Powell
- Applicant: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen
- Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/374 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/50 ; H03M1/56 ; H03K5/134 ; H03M1/10 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image sensor includes ADCs, each including a comparator receiving a ramp signal and an image signal, and generating a comparator output. Each ADC also includes a counter ceasing to change a digital count value in response to a change in the comparator output. The digital count value has a first resolution. Each ADC also includes a delay line circuit including a delay line generating a first digital value encoding a duration of a period of the counter clock and generating a second digital value encoding a first portion of the period of the counter clock. Each ADC also includes a delay to digital circuit generating a digital output value based on the first and digital values. The digital output value encodes a second value of the ramp signal, where the digital count value has a second resolution that is greater than the first resolution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220103768A1 IMAGE SENSOR HAVING HIGH RESOLUTION ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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