Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter configured to operate at high speed and image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US14521821Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US09681082B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Hyeok-Jong Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0162838 20131224
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03L7/08 ; H03M1/34 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to compare a reference voltage with an analog voltage output by the pixel array and latch and decode a comparison result. The ADC is controlled in response to clock information and a counter clock, which are obtained by expanding and encoding a master clock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150181145A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CONFIGURED TO OPERATE AT HIGH SPEED AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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