Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analogue-to-digital converter (ADC)
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Application No.: US17600684Application Date: 2020-03-17
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Publication No.: US11750208B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Antony Sou , Adrian Bratt
- Applicant: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
- Applicant Address: GB Sedgefield
- Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
- Current Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Sedgefield
- Agency: Sheridan Ross, PC
- Agent Jason H. Vick
- Priority: GB 04931 2019.04.08
- International Application: PCT/GB2020/050685 2020.03.17
- International Announcement: WO2020/208333A 2020.10.15
- Date entered country: 2021-10-01
- Main IPC: H03M1/34
- IPC: H03M1/34 ; H03M1/52

Abstract:
There is provided a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising an input signal terminal, configured to provide an analog signal, and a reference signal terminal, configured to provide a predetermined reference signal. The ADC further comprises an integrator, that is operatively coupled to said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal via a first switch unit, said first switch unit being configured to selectively connect and disconnect said integrator to and from any one of said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal. In addition, a voltage supply is operatively coupled to said integrator and configured to selectively provide at least one first supply voltage to said integrator via a second switch unit, a comparator is operatively coupled to an output of said integrator at a first comparator input and a predetermined threshold voltage at a second comparator input, configured to provide an actuation signal at a comparator output in accordance with a predetermined comparator logic, and a controller is adapted to control any one of said first switch unit and said second switch unit. The ADC is further adapted to provide a first voltage to said integrator from said voltage supply, so as to integrate over a first time period a first current corresponding to one of said reference signal and said analog signal, and, following said first time period, to provide a second voltage to said integrator from said voltage supply, so as to integrate over a second time period a second current corresponding to the other one of said reference signal and said analog signal, in order to generate a digital output signal corresponding to said analog signal, and wherein said first current and said second current flow in the same direction during respective said first time period and said second time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220173748A1 AN ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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