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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Shigemitsu Murayama, Nagasaki, JP;
Yasuhide Shimizu, Nagasaki, JP;
Kohei Kudo, Nagasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Yatsuda, Nagasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Shigemitsu Murayama, Nagasaki, JP;
Yasuhide Shimizu, Nagasaki, JP;
Kohei Kudo, Nagasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Yatsuda, Nagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A serial-parallel type analog-to-digital converter includes a reference voltage generator, a higher bit comparing portion and a lower bit comparing portion, and a reference voltage selecting portion, wherein the lower bit comparing portion includes the plurality of comparison stages.