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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Laurent Simony, Grenoble, FR;
Benoît Deschamps, Sassenage, FR;
Alexandre Cellier, Le Versoud, FR;
Frédéric Barbier, Grenoble, FR;
Inventors:
Laurent Simony, Grenoble, FR;
Benoît Deschamps, Sassenage, FR;
Alexandre Cellier, Le Versoud, FR;
Frédéric Barbier, Grenoble, FR;
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of analog to digital voltage conversion including: generating a quadratic signal based on an analog time varying reference signal; generating a ramp signal based on the quadratic signal; and converting an analog input voltage to a digital output value based on a time duration determined by a comparison of the analog input voltage with the ramp signal.