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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Masanori Furuta, Odawara, JP;
Tomohiko Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuro Itakura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An A/D conversion apparatus includes: a first and a second D/A converter to sample an analog signal and successively compare the analog signal and a reference signal to generate a first and a second comparison signal respectively; a first comparator to compare the first comparison signal generated by the first D/A converter with a benchmark signal; a second comparator to compare the second comparison signal generated by the second D/A converter with the benchmark signal; and a converter to convert the analog signal to a digital signal according to results of the comparisons by the first and second comparators.