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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Guoliang Shou, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Motohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sunao Takatori, Tokyo, JP;
Yozan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An A/D converter including a first inverter having a linear characteristic and receiving an analog input voltage, a first quantizing circuit for quantizing the analog input voltage, a capacitive coupling to which an output of the first inverter and the first quantizing circuit are inputted, a second inverter receiving an output of the capacitive coupling and having the same characteristic of the first inverter, and a second quantizing circuit for receiving and quantizing an output of the second inverter. The A/D converter performs successive steps of quantizing/digitizing so as to achieve A/D conversion.