Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AD conversion circuit and imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): AD转换电路和成像装置
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Application No.: US13683685Application Date: 2012-11-21
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Publication No.: US08704696B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
- Applicant: Olympus Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2011-256143 20111124
- Main IPC: H03M1/56
- IPC: H03M1/56 ; H03M1/50 ; H03M1/14

Abstract:
An AD conversion circuit includes a reference signal generation unit, which generates a reference signal, a comparison unit, which ends a comparison process at a timing at which the reference signal has satisfied a predetermined condition with respect to the analog signal, a first path in which a signal is transferred through each of n delay units, a clock signal generation unit, which outputs a lower-order phase signal, a latch unit, which latches the lower-order phase signal, a higher-order count unit including a first counter circuit, which acquires a higher-order count value by performing a count operation using a signal output from any one of the delay units, a calculation unit, which generates a lower-order count signal, and a lower-order count unit, which acquires a lower-order count value by performing the count operation using the lower-order count signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130134296A1 AD CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-05-30
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