Ramp signal generation device and CMOS image sensor including the same

    公开(公告)号:US10931268B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16127886

    申请日:2018-09-11

    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.

    Inventor: Tae-Gyu Kim

    Abstract: A ramp signal generation device includes a sampling circuit suitable for sampling a ramp current and storing a voltage corresponding to the sampled ramp current; a current maintaining circuit suitable for maintaining the ramp current; a current transferring circuit suitable for transferring a current corresponding to the voltage stored on the sampling circuit; and a current-to-voltage converter suitable for converting and generating a ramp voltage corresponding to the current transferred from the current transferring circuit.

    Precision oscillators that use imprecise components

    公开(公告)号:US10763832B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US15853015

    申请日:2017-12-22

    Abstract: Trimming components within an oscillator comprising: a trim-capable current source, wherein the trim-capable current source comprises a trimmable resistor and a trimmable current component, a comparator comprising a first input terminal that couples to the trim-capable current source and the second input terminal that couples to a reference voltage source, a switch coupled to the first input terminal and the trim-capable current source, and a trim-capable capacitor coupled to the switch, wherein the switch is coupled between the trim-capable capacitor and the trim-capable current source.

    OSCILLATOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES

    公开(公告)号:US20200162062A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16197184

    申请日:2018-11-20

    Abstract: Techniques for compensating temperature-dependent aspects of oscillator circuits are provided. In an example, an oscillator circuit can include an oscillator capacitor, a comparator and overshoot compensation circuitry for providing an oscillation period insensitive to a temperature-dependent comparator overshoot. The oscillator capacitor can be charged during a charging portion of the oscillation period and can be discharged during a discharging portion of the oscillation period. The comparator can determine when the oscillator capacitor has been charged to a first threshold. The overshoot compensation circuitry can store an indication of temperature-dependent comparator overshoot and, in response, generate and apply an adjustable reference voltage or pre-charge to a terminal of the oscillator capacitor.

    COMPARATOR AND OSCILLATION CIRCUIT
    56.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190386650A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16439028

    申请日:2019-06-12

    Applicant: ABLIC Inc.

    Inventor: KAORU SAKAGUCHI

    Abstract: A comparator includes a first constant current source, a first transistor having a drain connected to the first constant current source, a gate connected to a non-inverted input terminal, and a source connected to an inverted input terminal, a second constant current source connected between the inverted input terminal and a second power supply terminal, a second transistor having a source connected to a first power supply terminal, a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a drain connected to an output terminal, and a third constant current source connected between the drain of the second transistor and the second power supply terminal. An oscillation circuit includes comparators in which at least one of the comparators is a comparator described above.

    Oscillator
    57.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10256797B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15312282

    申请日:2015-06-02

    Inventor: Yat Hei Lam

    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an oscillator is provided. The oscillator includes a switched capacitor circuit arrangement configured to generate a predetermined voltage, a transconductance-capacitor filter configured to receive the predetermined voltage and a reference voltage, and to generate an output filter voltage based on a differential result between the predetermined voltage and the reference voltage, wherein a value of the output filter voltage is variable in response to the differential result, and a period control circuit arrangement configured to receive the output filter voltage, and further configured to generate an oscillator signal, wherein a period of the oscillator signal is variable in response to the value of the output filter voltage, wherein the oscillator is configured to control the switched capacitor circuit arrangement based on the oscillator signal to generate the predetermined voltage to be matched to the reference voltage.

    SIGNAL CALCULATOR
    58.
    发明申请
    SIGNAL CALCULATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170324404A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15661690

    申请日:2017-07-27

    CPC classification number: H03K5/00 G06G7/16 H03K4/502 H03K4/94

    Abstract: Examples of a signal calculator include a voltage multiplier and a time divider. The voltage multiplier copies time information corresponding to a first voltage and generates a third voltage using a second current corresponding to a second voltage during a first period corresponding to the copied time information. The time divider generates an output according to a result of comparing a voltage generated by a first current on the basis of a voltage corresponding to a first time with a second voltage corresponding to a second time.

    OSCILLATOR
    60.
    发明申请
    OSCILLATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170104475A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:US15312282

    申请日:2015-06-02

    Inventor: Yat Hei Lam

    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an oscillator is provided. The oscillator includes a switched capacitor circuit arrangement configured to generate a predetermined voltage, a transconductance-capacitor filter configured to receive the predetermined voltage and a reference voltage, and to generate an output filter voltage based on a differential result between the predetermined voltage and the reference voltage, wherein a value of the output filter voltage is variable in response to the differential result, and a period control circuit arrangement configured to receive the output filter voltage, and further configured to generate an oscillator signal, wherein a period of the oscillator signal is variable in response to the value of the output filter voltage, wherein the oscillator is configured to control the switched capacitor circuit arrangement based on the oscillator signal to generate the predetermined voltage to be matched to the reference voltage.

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