Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital conversion circuit
- Patent Title (中): 模数转换电路
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Application No.: US14630422Application Date: 2015-02-24
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Publication No.: US09496885B2Publication Date: 2016-11-15
- Inventor: Takeshi Takayama
- Applicant: Socionext, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: SOCIONEXT, INC.
- Current Assignee: SOCIONEXT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2014-046559 20140310
- Main IPC: H03M1/10
- IPC: H03M1/10 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes capacitors coupled to a common line. Each capacitor has a capacitance less than or equal to a capacitance sum of lower order capacitors. Switches selectively supply an analog input signal, a first reference voltage, or a second reference voltage to the capacitors in response to a control signal. A reset switch supplies the common line with a first voltage between the first and second reference voltages. A comparator compares the first voltage with a second voltage at the common line to generate a determination signal. A conversion control circuit generates the control signal and a multiple-bit digital signal based on the determination signal. A measurement control circuit measures the capacitance of the capacitor corresponding to an upper order bit of the digital signal using lower order capacitors. A correction circuit corrects the digital signal based on the measured capacitance to generate a digital output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150256190A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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