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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Yair Itzhak, Hadera, IL;
Shy Hamami, Ness-Ziona, IL;
Uzi Hizi, Herzliya, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H03K 25/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A counter circuit for an analog to digital converter includes: a plurality of counter stages configured to obtain an integer multiple of a digital gain for the analog to digital converter by bypassing at least one of the plurality of counter stages. An analog-to-digital converter includes at least one counter circuit, and an image sensor includes the analog-to-digital converter, which includes the counter circuit.