COMPARATOR FOR DOUBLE RAMP ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER

Patent №

US 10,079,990

Granted

2018-09-18

Filed 2016

Owner

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

15277648

Apparatuses and method for an image sensor with increased analog to digital conversion range and reduced noise are described herein. An example method may include disabling a first auto-zero switch of a comparator, the first auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a reference voltage input of the comparator, adjusting an auto-zero offset voltage of a ramp voltage provided to the reference voltage input of the comparator, and disabling a second auto-zero switch of the comparator, the second auto-zero switch coupled to auto-zero a bitline input of the comparator.

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AI classification

AI hardware0.66
Vision0.04
Machine learning0.01
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 399610330

Assignors

EBIHARA, HIROAKI, YANG, ZHENG

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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