Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imagers with improved analog-to-digital converters
- Patent Title (中): 具有改进的模数转换器的成像器
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Application No.: US14015749Application Date: 2013-08-30
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Publication No.: US08854244B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Hong-Joo Park , Sanghoon Lim , Hee-Cheol Choi , Hai Yan
- Applicant: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Applicant Address: CY George Town
- Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CY George Town
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Jason Tsai
- Main IPC: H03M1/56
- IPC: H03M1/56 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imager may include analog-to-digital converter circuitry that converts an analog input voltage to a digital output value by generating a number of samples of the analog input voltage. The analog input voltage may be formed from the difference between a pixel signal and a reference signal received at first and second inputs of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry. Processing circuitry may control the number of samples generated from the analog input voltage based on a desired gain level. The analog-to-digital converter circuitry may include a counter that counts to a maximum value. Ramp generation circuitry may generate a ramp signal based on the counter value and apply the ramp signal to the pixel signal at the first input of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry. The total time for generating samples for each different desired gain level may be constant while generating the ramp signal with a slope having a constant magnitude.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140078360A1 IMAGERS WITH IMPROVED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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