摘要:
Techniques for interpolating two voltages without loading them and without requiring significant power or additional area are described. The techniques include specific topologies for the buffering amplifiers that offer accuracy by cancelling systematic error sources without relying on high gain, thus simplifying the frequency compensation, and reducing power consumption. This can be achieved by biasing the amplifiers from the load current by an innovative feedback structure, which can remove the need for high impedance nodes inside the amplifiers.
摘要:
The present technology relates to an image sensor, an electronic apparatus, a comparator, and a drive method which enable achievement of a noise reduction while maintaining high speed of AD conversion. An ADC for performing AD conversion for an electrical signal output from a pixel includes a comparator that compares the electrical signal and a reference signal, a level of which is changed and a counter that counts time necessary for a change of the reference signal to a coincidence of the electrical signal and the reference signal on the basis of output signals from the comparator. The comparator includes a differential amplifier that outputs a comparison result signal indicating a comparison result obtained by comparing the electrical signal and the reference signal and a plurality of output amplifiers that outputs signals obtained by amplifying the comparison result signal output from the differential amplifier as the output signals at different timings. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an ADC that performs AD conversion for an electrical signal output from a pixel.
摘要:
The present invention provides a quantizer with a sigma-delta modulator, an analog-to-digital converter including the same and a quantization method using the same capable of obtaining a high signal-to-noise ratio with a relatively small number of comparators. The quantizer, the analog-to-digital converter and the quantization method of the present invention reduces quantization errors and increases noise shaping order.
摘要:
The present invention provides a quantizer with a sigma-delta modulator, an analog-to-digital converter including the same and a quantization method using the same capable of obtaining a high signal-to-noise ratio with a relatively small number of comparators. The quantizer, the analog-to-digital converter and the quantization method of the present invention reduces quantization errors and increases noise shaping order.
摘要:
An interpolation circuit includes: a generation circuit configured to generate interpolated data based on a plurality of pieces of input data in time sequence; a first analog digital converter configured to convert first interpolated data at a data point of the interpolated data into first digital data; and a second analog digital converter configured to convert second interpolated data at a change point into second digital data of the interpolated data, a second number of quantization bits of the second analog digital converter being smaller than a first number of quantization bits of the first analog digital converter.
摘要:
The invention relates to high-resolution analog-digital converters using so-called folding differential amplifier structures composed of differential circuits (crossed differential pairs) and of loads (cascode transistors). The folding structure according to the invention comprises, in the case where it is desired to produce four curves folded at two periods in the useful range of voltages to be converted, four folding blocks (one per curve). The first comprises 7 differential circuits and eight loads, the end loads not being linked to the output of the block. The other blocks comprise 6 differential circuits and eight loads, the last load of each block not being linked to the output of this block. Gains are achieved in terms of bulk, consumption and operating speed, with respect to existing structures.
摘要:
A signal processing method includes the steps of inputting first to N-th 2-phase sinusoidal wave signals, where N is a natural number (N.ltoreq.2) and an m-th 2-phase sinusoidal wave signal has an m-th frequency where m is a natural number and satisfies a relation of 1.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.N, and processing the first to N-th 2-phase sinusoidal signals by product summation or product differentiation of the first to N-th 2-phase sinusoidal wave signals to produce at least one signal having a frequency equal to a sum of the frequencies of the first to N-th 2-phase sinusoidal wave signals.
摘要:
An array of binary weighted capacitors, an additional capacitor having a capacitance value equivalent to that of the least of the binary weighted capacitors, a voltage comparator, switches for interconnecting the capacitors with certain predetermined voltage levels and the comparator, and a sequencing circuit are included. One side of all of the capacitors is connected to one input terminal on the comparator and the other side has applied thereto the signal to be quantized. Switch sequencing combines divided portions of a reference voltage with the signal to be quantized for presentation to the input of the comparator which thereby provides a serial digit output connected to the sequencing circuit. In this fashion, a linear conversion between an analog and a digital signal is made by the sequencing circuit. A nonlinear converter between digital and analog signal presentation is also disclosed. Resolution of the coder/decoder is increased by providing a reference voltage generator capable of supplying stepped increments of the reference voltage to the capacitor array during the comparison process.
摘要:
Systems and methods for converting an input analog signal to a digital representation thereof. A method includes determining an input analog signal voltage range of the input analog signal, and splitting the input analog signal voltage range into n+1 sub-ranges, n being a number of splits in the input analog signal voltage range. The method also includes assigning a respective N-bit coarse digital code i to each sub-range. The method also includes identifying the input analog signal with a corresponding sub-range, the corresponding sub-range having respective digital code i. A delta-sigma operation is performed on the input analog signal using upper and lower reference voltages of the corresponding sub-range that the input analog signal is identified with, to produce the digital representation.
摘要:
In described examples, an analog to digital converter (ADC) includes a main ADC and a reference ADC. The main ADC generates a zone information signal and a digital output in response to an input signal. The reference ADC receives a plurality of reference voltages from the main ADC. The plurality of reference voltages includes a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The reference ADC generates a reference output in response to the input signal, the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. A subtractor generates an error signal in response to the digital output and the reference output. A logic block generates one of a first offset correction signal, a second offset correction signal and a gain mismatch signal in response to the zone information signal, the error signal and the reference output.