Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and semiconductor device operating method
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Application No.: US15080242Application Date: 2016-03-24
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Publication No.: US09722625B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Takahiro Kawano
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-114404 20130530
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/50

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an analog-digital converter circuit. The analog-digital converter circuit includes a delay cell array that includes n-number (n is a natural number of 2 or more) of serially-coupled delay cells, receives a reference clock signal, and utilizes an analog input signal as the power supply voltage for delay cells in each stage, and an encoder that encodes the output signal of the delay cells in each stage of the delay cell array. The n number of delay cells include a delay quantity weighted for each delay cell, and the encoder encodes the output signal of the delay cell in each stage of the delay cell array by weighting corresponding to the number of delay cell stages. The delay cells output signal without changing polarity of inputted signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160204792A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OPERATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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