Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-digital converter and image sensor
- Patent Title (中): 模拟数字转换器和图像传感器
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Application No.: US12125305Application Date: 2008-05-22
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Publication No.: US07656338B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Takafumi Sano
- Applicant: Takafumi Sano
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2007-136331 20070523; JP2008-102188 20080410
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12

Abstract:
An analog-digital converter performs AD conversion of an upper m bits by sequential comparison, and performs AD conversion of a lower n bits by integration. This increases accuracy, reduces power consumption during operation, reduces variation between analog signals and digital signals, and reduces the required layout area by decreasing the number of capacitor elements needed. Also, the AD conversion of the n bits by integration is performed by ramp voltage quantized with a margin of k bits of the lower n bits. As such, preferable AD conversion characteristics can be obtained when offset or the like is produced in a DA conversion circuit for generating ramp voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080291072A1 ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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