Ad converter and TD converter configured without operational amplifier and capacitor

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PATENT NO 8519880
APP PUB NO 20120286987A1
SERIAL NO

13470605

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An AD converter includes a VT converter circuit part which inputs an analog input voltage and a sampling clock, converts the analog input voltage to a corresponding delay time, and outputs time domain data. A ring oscillator circuit part of N stages inputs the time domain data, and an error propagation circuit part takes out delay information containing a quantization error from phase information of the ring oscillator circuit part of the previous stage, and propagate the delay information to the ring oscillator circuit part of a subsequent stage. A counter circuit part measures a number of waves of an output oscillation waveform of the ring oscillator circuit part of each stage, and an output signal generator part generates an output signal from an output counted value of each counter circuit part. A reset part resets each error propagation circuit part and each counter circuit part with a sampling clock.

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SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTERTOKYO 105-0004

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Izumi, Shintaro Kobe, JP 8 361
Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Kobe, JP 268 3529
Konishi, Toshihiro Kobe, JP 23 64
Yoshimoto, Masahiko Kobe, JP 50 1912

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