Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US17988749Application Date: 2022-11-16
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Publication No.: US12113541B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Kohji Hamaguchi , Takahiro Inoue , Takayuki Shimizu , Isamu Kawabe , Tetsuro Ikeda
- Applicant: Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tenri
- Assignee: Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tenri
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Priority: JP 21188893 2021.11.19
- Main IPC: H03M1/06
- IPC: H03M1/06 ; H03M1/52

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital convertor of an integration type, includes: a charging circuit having a capacitor configured to store electric charges based on an input current; a discharging circuit configured to discharge the electric charges stored in the capacitor; and a counting circuit configured to count a charge-discharge count of the capacitor in a first conversion period and in a second conversion period, in order to convert a current value of the input current into a digital value, wherein the first conversion period includes a first pre-charging period and a first counting period, the second conversion period includes a second pre-charging period and a second counting period, and the analog-to-digital convertor further comprises a phase changing circuit configured to change a first phase of an output signal of the charging circuit in the first counting period to a second phase in the second counting period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230163771A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2023-05-25
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