Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fully integrated circuit for generating a ramp signal
- Patent Title (中): 用于产生斜坡信号的完全集成电路
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Application No.: US13648557Application Date: 2012-10-10
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Publication No.: US08907705B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Tao Tao Huang , Meng Wang
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: CN201110461953 20111231
- Main IPC: H03K4/02
- IPC: H03K4/02 ; H03K4/06

Abstract:
A fully integrated ramp generator circuit includes a first current generator that sources current to first capacitor through a first transistor that is gate controlled by the complement of a periodic signal. The ramping voltage stored on the first capacitor is buffered to an output node as a ramp output signal. A second transistor couples the output node to the first current generator and is gate controlled by the periodic signal. The periodic signal is generated at the output of a flip-flop that receives an input clock signal and reset signal. The reset signal is generated by a comparator circuit operable to compare the voltage on a second capacitor to a reference. The second capacitor is charged by a second current source and discharged by a third transistor that is gate controlled by the periodic signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130169324A1 FULLY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A RAMP SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2013-07-04
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