Invention Grant
- Patent Title: A/D conversion circuit and image-capturing device
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Application No.: US14883013Application Date: 2015-10-14
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Publication No.: US09609258B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-087853 20130418
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
An A/D conversion circuit includes: a reference signal generation section that includes an integrator circuit having a first constant current source and generates a reference signal that changes in accordance with a constant current output by the first constant current source; a comparison section that executes a comparison process between an analog signal and the reference signal and terminates the comparison process; a clock generation section that includes a delay section having delay units for delaying an input signal for a predetermined time and outputting delayed input signals in accordance with a constant current output by a second constant current source, and outputs a lower phase signal based on the signals output from the delay units; a latch section that latches the lower phase signal at a timing related to the termination of the comparison process; and a count section that counts a clock based on the lower phase signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160044261A1 A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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