发明授权
- 专利标题: Analog-to-digital converter circuit and solid-state imaging device
- 专利标题(中): 模数转换电路和固态成像装置
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申请号: US12834270申请日: 2010-07-12
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公开(公告)号: US08334913B2公开(公告)日: 2012-12-18
- 发明人: Satoshi Sakurai , Kenichi Nakamura
- 申请人: Satoshi Sakurai , Kenichi Nakamura
- 申请人地址: JP Tokyo
- 专利权人: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- 当前专利权人: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Tokyo
- 代理机构: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- 优先权: JP2009-165932 20090714
- 主分类号: H04N5/217
- IPC分类号: H04N5/217
摘要:
Certain embodiments provide an ADC includes a comparator, a binary counter and a control circuit. The comparator compares a first analog signal voltage with a first reference voltage, and compares a second analog signal voltage with a second reference voltage. The binary counter counts up the clock signal for a first period until the first reference voltage becomes equal to the first analog signal after the comparator starts to compare the first reference voltage with the first analog signal voltage, and inverts a logic level of the count output having a plurality of bits after the first period elapses. The binary counter counts up the clock signal for a second period until the second reference voltage becomes equal to a second analog signal after the comparator starts to compare the second reference voltage with the second analog signal voltage.