- Patent Title: Logarithmic analog to digital converter devices and methods thereof
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Application No.: US15381863Application Date: 2016-12-16
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Publication No.: US09917593B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Eugene M. Petilli
- Applicant: Intrinsix Corp.
- Applicant Address: US MA Marlborough
- Assignee: Intrinsix Corp.
- Current Assignee: Intrinsix Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Marlborough
- Agency: LeClairRyan, a Professional Corporation
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M3/00

Abstract:
An analog to digital converter includes an error integration circuit configured to receive an input charge from a detector and to integrate a difference between the input charge and one or more feedback charge pulses to create an error voltage. A quantizer is in operable communication with the error integration circuit and is responsive to the created error voltage. An accumulator having a mantissa component and a radix component is in operable communication with the quantizer. A charge feedback device in operable communication with the quantizer and the radix component of the accumulator. The charge feedback device is configured to generate the one or more feedback charge pulses proportional to the radix component of the accumulator and an output of the quantizer. Digital focal plane read out integrated circuits including the analog to digital converter are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170179972A1 LOGARITHMIC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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