Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and signal conversion method thereof
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Application No.: US16717070Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US10903847B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Tetsuo Matsui , Keisaku Sento , Tomohiko Ebata
- Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will N Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2018-244120 20181227
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/46

Abstract:
A conventional analog-to-digital conversion circuit has a problem that conversion errors cannot be suppressed. According to one embodiment, the analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes a first digital-to-analog conversion circuit 30 of a capacitance distribution type, a second digital-to-analog conversion circuit 31 of a capacitance distribution type, and a comparison circuit 32 for comparing output voltages of the two digital-to-analog conversion circuits, and before performing a successive comparison operation for successively changing a reference voltage applied to the first digital-to-analog conversion circuit, generates an intermediate digital value having a digital value corresponding to a voltage value of an analog input signal, determines a reference voltage to be applied to the second digital-to-analog conversion circuit 31 in accordance with the intermediate digital value, and thereafter performs a successive comparison operation using the first digital-to-analog conversion circuit 30 in a state in which the state of the second digital-to-analog conversion circuit 31 is held.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200212925A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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