Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conditional correlated multiple sampling single slope analog-to-digital converter, and associated image sensor system and method
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Application No.: US14858175Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US09960783B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Shang-Fu Yeh , Kuo-Yu Chou
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: WPAT, P.C., Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Agent Anthony King
- Main IPC: H03M1/34
- IPC: H03M1/34 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CCMS) single slope (SS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The CCMS SS ADC includes a comparator, arranged to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and generate a comparison result; and a CCMS control circuit, arranged to determine a swing of the ramp signal according to a magnitude of the analog signal. An image sensor system using the CCMS SS ADC and a method of CCMS SS analog-to-digital conversion are also disclosed.
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