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US08269872B2 Analog-to-digital converter, analog-to-digital converting method, solid-state image pickup device, and camera system 有权
模数转换器,模数转换方法,固态图像拾取装置和相机系统

  • Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter, analog-to-digital converting method, solid-state image pickup device, and camera system
  • Patent Title (中): 模数转换器,模数转换方法,固态图像拾取装置和相机系统
  • Application No.: US12393847
    Application Date: 2009-02-26
  • Publication No.: US08269872B2
    Publication Date: 2012-09-18
  • Inventor: Kenichi Okumura
  • Applicant: Kenichi Okumura
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Sony Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Rockey, Depke & Lyons, LLC
  • Agent Robert J. Depke
  • Priority: JP2008-070012 20080318
  • Main IPC: H04N3/14
  • IPC: H04N3/14 H04N5/335 H03M1/34
Analog-to-digital converter, analog-to-digital converting method, solid-state image pickup device, and camera system
Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter that converts an analog input signal into a digital signal includes a comparator configured to compare a reference signal with an input signal and, if the input signal matches the reference signal, inverts an output; a counter configured to count a comparison time of the comparator; a control circuit configured to monitor the output of the comparator; a voltage generating circuit configured to generate, if a monitoring result obtained by the control circuit indicates that the output of the comparator is at a predetermined level, a direct current voltage in accordance with the monitoring result; and an analog adder configured to add the voltage generated by the voltage generating circuit to the input signal and supply a sum signal to an input terminal of the comparator.
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