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US09258506B2 Counter circuit, analog-to-digital converter, and image sensor including the same and method of correlated double sampling 有权
计数器电路,模数转换器和图像传感器包括相同的方法和相关的双重采样方法

Counter circuit, analog-to-digital converter, and image sensor including the same and method of correlated double sampling
Abstract:
A counter circuit includes a first counter and a second counter. The first counter is configured to count a first counter clock signal which toggles with a first frequency to generate upper (N−M)-bit signals of N-bit counter output signals, in response to a first counting enable signal based on a first comparison signal during a coarse counting interval. N and M are natural numbers, N is greater than M, and M is greater than or equal to 3. The second counter is configured to count a second counter clock signal which toggles with a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency to generate lower M-bit signals of the N-bit counter output signals, in response to a second counting enable signal based on the first comparison signal and a second comparison signal during a fine counting interval which follows the coarse counting interval.
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