Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive multiple conversion ramp analog-to-digital converter
- Patent Title (中): 自适应多转换斜坡模数转换器
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Application No.: US13765574Application Date: 2013-02-12
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Publication No.: US08816893B1Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Zheng Yang
- Applicant: Omnivision Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/56
- IPC: H03M1/56 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/00 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An example ramp analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for generating at least one bit of a digital signal includes a modified ramp signal generator, a comparator, and a control circuit. The modified ramp signal generator receives a ramp signal and generates a modified ramp signal in response thereto. The comparator compares an analog input with the modified ramp signal. The control circuit controls the modified ramp signal generator, such that the analog input is converted a variable M number of times for each period of the ramp signal. The number M is dependent on a magnitude of the analog input. In one example, the number M is greater for analog inputs of a lower magnitude, such that the analog inputs of the lower magnitude are converted more times than analog inputs of a higher magnitude.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140225760A1 ADAPTIVE MULTIPLE CONVERSION RAMP ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2014-08-14
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