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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Eun Seok Shin, Hwasung-si, KR;
Min Kyu Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun Ho Moon, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter includes a first logic unit and a second logic unit. The first logic unit is configured to receive a plurality of thermometer codes and inverse thermometer codes generated based on an analog signal received by the analog-to-digital converter and to generate a plurality of first digital codes that periodically repeat the same pattern based on a transition position of a logic value in each of the thermometer codes and the inverse thermometer codes. The second logic unit is configured to receive the plurality of first digital codes and to generate a plurality of second digital codes based on logic values of a plurality of bits among all bits of each of the first digital codes.