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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Genki Tsuruyama, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuo Tateishi, Kyoto, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A comparator circuit includes a first comparator arranged to compare an input signal with a reference voltage so as to generate a first comparison signal, a second comparator arranged to compare the input signal with a variable reference voltage so as to generate a second comparison signal, a variable reference voltage generator arranged to generate the variable reference voltage, and a logic unit arranged to output one of the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal as a comparison signal. The logic unit outputs the first comparison signal as the comparison signal while controlling the variable reference voltage generator to sweep the variable reference voltage until the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal exhibit desired response behaviors, and moves to a state capable of outputting the second comparison signal as the comparison signal after the sweep of the variable reference voltage is completed.