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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01);
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter circuit according to some example embodiments includes a ramp signal generator configured to generate a first ramp signal which rises with a first inclination and a second ramp signal which falls with a second inclination, and a comparison circuit configured to output a comparison result between the synthesis signal of a pixel signal output from a pixel array and the first ramp signal and the second ramp signal.