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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2017
Applicant:

National University Corporation Shizuoka University, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventor:

Shoji Kawahito, Hamamatsu, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H03M 1/14 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H03M 1/14 (2013.01); H03M 1/141 (2013.01); H03M 1/38 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01);
Abstract

An A/D converterincludes a front stage A/D conversion unit () including a first A/D conversion unit () that receives an analog signal from a CMOS image sensor () and generates a first digital value (D) and a first residual analog signal (V) through a folding integration A/D conversion operation, and a second A/D conversion unit () that receives a first residual analog signal (V) from the first A/D conversion unit () and generates a second digital value (D) and a second residual analog signal (V) through a cyclic A/D conversion operation, and a rear stage A/D conversion unit () that receives the second residual analog signal (V) from the front stage A/D conversion unit () and generates a third digital value (D) through an acyclic A/D conversion operation.


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