Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital converter and image sensor having the same
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Application No.: US15718598Application Date: 2017-09-28
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Publication No.: US11140346B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Youngcheol Chae , Sang-hyun Cho , Min-ho Kwon , Seung-hyun Lim , Woo-jin Jo
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. , Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si; KR Seoul
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si; KR Seoul
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0135924 20161019
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03M1/16 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/36 ; H03M1/38 ; H03M3/00 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal includes a first converter configured to receive an input signal of an analog type, compare the input signal with a plurality of reference signals, select one of the plurality of reference signals based on the comparison, and output an upper bit that is a portion of the digital signal based on the selected reference signal, a second converter configured to perform an oversampling operation n times based on a residue signal indicating a difference between an upper analog signal corresponding to the upper bit value and the input signal and output an intermediate bit value of the digital signal corresponding to the first to n-th oversampling signals generated respectively during the oversampling operations performed n times, and a third converter configured to output a lower bit value of the digital signal corresponding to the n-th oversampling signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109747A1 ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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