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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Yagishita, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To reduce a circuit scale in a successive approximation register analog to digital converter (SARADC) provided with a circuit that cancels a ripple. A digital-to-analog converter generates at least one of a pair of analog signals according to a predetermined control signal. A comparator compares the pair of analog signals and outputs a comparison result. A logic circuit generates a control signal on the basis of the comparison result. A plurality of switches opens and closes a path between one of a source and a drain of each of a plurality of positive-side transistors having different sizes and a plurality of negative-side transistors having different sizes and an output terminal of the comparator on the basis of the control signal. A positive-side common capacitor has one end connected to a node of a predetermined positive-side reference voltage, and has the other end connected in common to each of the gates of the plurality of positive-side transistors. A negative-side capacitor has one end connected to a node of a negative-side reference voltage lower than the positive-side reference voltage, and has the other end connected in common to the gates of each of the plurality of negative-side transistors.