Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converting circuit using auto-zero period optimization and operation method thereof
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Application No.: US17971690Application Date: 2022-10-24
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Publication No.: US12289116B2Publication Date: 2025-04-29
- Inventor: Jaehoon Jun
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2021-0156902 20211115,KR10-2022-0049493 20220421,KR10-2022-0068855 20220607
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
A circuit includes a first amplifier that first compares a ramp signal and a reset signal of a pixel signal output from a pixel array in a first operation period, second compares the ramp signal and an image signal of the pixel signal in a second operation period, and generates a first output signal in the first and second operation periods based on first and second comparison results; and a second amplifier that charges a capacitor in response to a second auto-zero signal in a second auto-zero period, stops an operation of the second amplifier from a time point at which the second auto-zero period ends to a time point at which the first operation period starts, and generates a second output signal based on the first output signal in the first operation period and the second operation period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230155596A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING CIRCUIT USING AUTO-ZERO PERIOD OPTIMIZATION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2023-05-18
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