Counter, analogue to digital converter including the counter and image sensing device including the analogue to digital converter

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PATENT NO 9831891
APP PUB NO 20150326242A1
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14490440

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A counter includes a sampling unit suitable for sampling a logic state of a least significant bit (LSB) during a counting hold section, the counting hold section is present between first and second ramp sections; and a toggling control unit suitable for, in response to a clock and a sampling signal outputted from the sampling unit, generating the LSB according to a first voltage level of a counting target signal during a second part of the first ramp section and generating the LSB according to a second voltage level of the counting target signal during a first part of the second ramp section.

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SK HYNIX INCGYEONGGI DO SOUTH KOREA GYEONGGI-DO

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Shin, Min-Seok Gyeonggi-do, KR 20 40

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