Invention Grant
- Patent Title: A/D converter and sensor system including the same
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Application No.: US18245815Application Date: 2021-06-10
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Publication No.: US12278647B2Publication Date: 2025-04-15
- Inventor: Jun'ichi Naka , Koji Obata
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Rimon P.C.
- Priority: JP2020-162652 20200928
- International Application: PCT/JP2021/022167 WO 20210610
- International Announcement: WO2022/064787 WO 20220331
- Main IPC: H03M1/12
- IPC: H03M1/12 ; H03M1/46 ; G01P1/00

Abstract:
A D/A converting unit generates a comparative voltage corresponding to a target bit falling within a range from a most significant bit through a least significant bit. A comparator determines a value of the target bit by comparing a differential voltage between an output signal of an input switching unit and a comparative voltage generated by the D/A converting unit with a reference voltage. An integrator integrates a conversion error. In a first conversion operation of converting a first signal, a control unit sets, based on a result obtained by the integrator, the reference voltage for use when the first signal to be provided next time as the output signal by the input switching unit is A/D converted. In a second conversion operation of A/D converting a second signal, the control unit sets the reference voltage at a constant voltage level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230344442A1 A/D CONVERTER AND SENSOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2023-10-26
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