Single slope analog-to-digital converter

Details Single slope analog-to-digital converter Single slope analog-to-digital converter

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

JeanPierre, Peguy (Department: 2819)

Coded data generation or conversion

Analog to or from digital conversion

Analog to digital conversion

C341S155000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07924207

ABSTRACT:
A single-slope ADC, particularly suitable for use in a massive-parallel ADC architecture in a readout circuit of a CMOS imager. A plurality of ramp signals are generated which define non-overlapping sub-ranges of the full input range. For each ADC channel, the sub-range in which the voltage of the input signal falls is determined, and the corresponding ramp signal is selected for use in the A/D conversion. Thus, the speed of the A/D conversion process can be increased and the power consumption decreased.

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