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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2023
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Ewout Martens, Heverlee, BE;
Jan Craninckx, Boutersem, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A slope analog-to-digital converter, ADC, for converting an analog input signal to a digital representation, said slope ADC comprising: a comparator configured to compare two input signals, wherein a sampled value of the analog input signal and a slope signal are used in forming the two input signals; a memory element, which is configured to receive a trigger signal based on the comparator identifying a change in which of the two input signals is higher, and a counter signal, wherein a value of the counter signal when the trigger signal is received provides the digital representation of the sampled value of the analog input signal; wherein the slope signal and the counter signal have a nonlinear relationship, wherein the nonlinear relationship is adapted to improve linearity of a transfer function of the slope ADC for converting the analog input signal to the digital representation.