Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator for double ramp analog to digital converter
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Application No.: US15277648Application Date: 2016-09-27
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Publication No.: US10079990B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Hiroaki Ebihara , Zheng Yang
- Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03K5/24

Abstract:
Apparatuses and method for an image sensor with increased analog to digital conversion range and reduced noise are described herein. An example method may include disabling a first auto-zero switch of a comparator, the first auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a reference voltage input of the comparator, adjusting an auto-zero offset voltage of a ramp voltage provided to the reference voltage input of the comparator, and disabling a second auto-zero switch of the comparator, the second auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a bitline input of the comparator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180091752A1 COMPARATOR FOR DOUBLE RAMP ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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