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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2022
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhenfu Tian, San Jose, CA (US);
Hiroaki Ebihara, San Jose, CA (US);
Tao Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Shan Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A ramp generator includes an operational amplifier having an output to generate a ramp signal. An integration current source is coupled to a first input and a reference voltage is coupled to a second input of the operational amplifier. A feedback capacitor is coupled between the first input and the output of the operational amplifier. A monitor circuit is coupled to the first and second inputs of the operational amplifier to generate an output flag in response to a comparison of the first and second inputs. A trimming control circuit is configured to generate a trimming signal in response to the output flag. An assist current source is configured to conduct an assist current from the output of the operational amplifier to ground in response the trimming signal generated by the trimming control circuit.