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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Yagishita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/002 (2013.01); H03K 19/0016 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01); H03M 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
To reduce power consumption of an analog-to-digital converter in which a comparator is provided. An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator and a mode control unit. The comparator is configured to generate a comparison result by comparing an analog signal to a threshold indicating a boundary of a predetermined range in a determination mode and convert the analog signal into a digital signal in a conversion mode. The mode control unit is configured to transition the determination mode to the conversion mode in a case in which the comparison result indicating that the analog signal is not within the predetermined range is generated.