Abstract:
A sample and hold circuit may include: a first transistor connected between a first input terminal configured to receive a first input signal and a first output terminal configured to output a first sampled signal; a second transistor connected between a second input terminal configured to receive a second input signal and a second output terminal configured to output a second sampled signal; a first dummy transistor provided between the first input terminal and the second output terminal; and a second dummy transistor provided between the second input terminal and the first output terminal. A source region and a drain region of the first dummy transistor and a source region and a drain region of the second dummy transistor may not be electrically connected to a metal line connecting the first transistor with the second transistor.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to transmit and receive a radio frequency (RF) signal is provided. The apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert a digital signal into an analog signal, a power amplifier configured to amplify the analog signal, and an antenna configured to output, as the RF signal, the amplified analog signal to the outside. The DAC includes a current cell matrix including a plurality of current cells configured to generate the analog signal, a plurality of normal paths configured to control the plurality of current cells to be turned on or off, based on the digital signal, and a plurality of alternative paths configured to selectively consume power, based on a pattern of the digital signal.
Abstract:
A digital droop detector for detecting whether a droop occurs in a power supply voltage, may include processing circuitry configured to, detect a voltage level change of a power supply voltage in response to a clock signal, the detecting the voltage level change including converting the detected voltage level change into a first code, correct at least one nonlinearity included in the first code, the correcting including converting the first code into a second code and a target range, and adjust a delay magnitude of the clock signal based on the second code.
Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter includes: a voltage-current converter receiving an analog input voltage, generating a first digital signal from the analog input voltage, and outputting a residual current remaining after the first digital signal; a current-time converter converting the residual current into a current time in a time domain; and a time-digital converter receiving the residual time, and generating a second digital signal from the residual time, wherein the first digital signal and the second digital signal are sequences of digital codes representing respective signal levels of the analog input voltage.
Abstract:
A temperature measurement circuit includes a band-gap reference circuit configured to generate a band-gap reference voltage that is fixed regardless of an operation temperature, a reference voltage generator circuit configured to generate a measurement reference voltage by adjusting the band-gap reference voltage, a sensing circuit configured to generate a temperature-variant voltage based on a bias current, where the temperature-variant voltage is varied depending on the operation temperature, an analog-digital converter circuit configured to generate a first digital code indicating the operation temperature based on the measurement reference voltage and the temperature-variant voltage, and an analog built-in self-test (BIST) circuit configured to generate a plurality of flag signals indicating whether each of the band-gap reference voltage, the measurement reference voltage, and a bias voltage corresponding to the bias current is included in a predetermined range.
Abstract:
A level shifter for outputting an output voltage having a voltage level range different from a voltage level range of a received input voltage is disclosed. The level shifter includes: a current mirror configured to copy a reference current flowing through a first mirror transistor to a second mirror transistor; a current mirror control circuit electrically connected to the current mirror by a sink node and including a plurality of control transistors configured to control the current mirror; and an output circuit configured to output an output voltage based on a voltage level of the sink node, wherein a first control transistor of the plurality of control transistors receives the output voltage fed back to a gate terminal of the first control transistor, and a second control transistor of the plurality of control transistors receives an inverted output voltage fed back to a gate terminal of the second control transistor.
Abstract:
There are provided an image sensor and a stacked structure thereof. The image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of unit pixels for generating an output signal in accordance with incident light are arranged, a first amplifier having a first input dynamic range, and a second amplifier having a second input dynamic range that is larger than the first input dynamic range. One of the first and second amplifiers amplifies the output signal in accordance with the intensity of light.
Abstract:
Provided is a circuit for generating a reference voltage. The circuit includes a band gap circuit generating a first current having a size that increases in proportion to an absolute temperature and a second current having a size that decreases in proportion to the absolute temperature, and outputting a reference voltage based on the first current and the second current; a mirroring circuit mirroring a sum of the first current and the second current and outputting a mirroring voltage that is in proportion to the sum of the first current and the second current; and a start-up circuit receiving the mirroring voltage from the mirroring circuit and providing a driving current for generating the first current or the second current to the band gap circuit until a time when the first current starts to be generated in the band gap circuit.
Abstract:
An analog to digital converter includes a digital to analog converting circuit, a comparator and a signal processing circuit. The digital to analog converting circuit samples and holds an analog input signal, and converts digital output data to an analog signal to generate a hold voltage signal. The comparator compares the hold voltage signal with a reference voltage signal in response to a rising edge and a falling edge of a clock signal to generate a comparison output voltage signal. The signal processing circuit performs successive approximation based on the comparison output voltage signal to generate the digital output data.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter and a built-in self-test circuit. The digital-to-analog converter performs a normal conversion operation to generate an analog output signal by converting a digital input signal corresponding to an external digital signal that is provided from an external device outside the semiconductor integrated circuit and provide the analog output signal to the external device. The built-in self-test circuit, while the digital-to-analog converter performs the normal conversion operation, performs a real-time monitoring operation to generate a comparison alarm signal based on the digital input signal and the analog output signal such that the comparison alarm signal indicates whether the digital-to-analog converter operates normally. Performance and reliability of the digital-to-analog converter and the semiconductor integrated circuit including the digital-to-analog converter may be enhanced by monitoring in real-time abnormality of the digital-to-analog converter using the on-time monitor.