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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Tower Semiconductor Ltd., Migdal Haemek, IL;
Inventors:
Raz Reshef, Tel Aviv, IL;
Dmitry Dain, Netanya, IL (US);
Assignee:
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD., Migdal-Haemek, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01);
Abstract
A robust analog counter that may include an output capacitor having a first capacitance, and a charging unit (CU) that is configured to determine that an event to be counted occurred, and charge the output capacitor at a first current and during a output capacitor charging period, wherein a duration of the output capacitor charging period is proportional to the first capacitance, thereby increasing an output voltage of the output capacitor by a voltage quote that is indifferent to at least one out of process variation, temperature or power supply voltage value.