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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
In-ho Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Seok-soo Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-ho Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Ki-hong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chulwoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
In-Ho Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Seok-Soo Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-Ho Kwak, Seoul, KR;
Ki-Hong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chulwoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A thermometer code generator includes n bit storing stages that are coupled to each other, where n is an integer greater than 1, and the n bit storing stages store a thermometer code, and are adapted to increase the stored thermometer code by 1 in synchronization with a clock signal when an up signal is active, to decrease the stored thermometer code by 1 in synchronization with the clock signal when a down signal is active, and to maintain the stored thermometer code in synchronization with the clock signal when both of the up signal and the down signal are inactive.