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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1981
Shigeo Kuboki, Nakaminato, JP;
Kazuo Kato, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an analog to digital converter of the type wherein an analog input voltage is compared, at a comparator with a known reference voltage selected based on a digital data produced from a control circuit, an updated digital data is generated based on a result of the comparison, and the above operation is repeated to perform digital conversion sequentially from higher bit to lower bit, there are provided two capacitors of capacitances at a predetermined ratio which is so determined as to reduce the number of serial resistors in a voltage generator circuit adapted to generate the reference voltage based on the digital data produced from the control circuit, and a voltage developing at a junction between the two capacitors is coupled to the input of the comparator, so that a change in voltage of the voltage generator circuit is reduced at a predetermined ratio in accordance with electric charge distributed on the two capacitors and is applied to the input of the comparator.