US 12,451,894 B2
Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and operating method of the same
Dongmin Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Jaewoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Myoungbo Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Jueon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Junghwan Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,340.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0008103 (KR), filed on Jan. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0250689 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H03M 1/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC H03M 1/0604 (2013.01) [H03M 1/0607 (2013.01); H03M 1/0617 (2013.01); H03M 1/089 (2013.01); H03M 1/1009 (2013.01); H03M 1/38 (2013.01); H03M 1/46 (2013.01); H03M 1/462 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An analog-to-digital conversion circuit, comprising:
an analog-to-digital converter configured to
receive an input signal and a first clock signal from an external source that is external to the analog-to-digital converter,
generate a second clock signal having a different cycle from the first clock signal, and
output the second clock signal and a digital output signal;
a decision counter configured to sequentially increase a decision count value each time when the second clock signal received from the analog-to-digital converter is applied to the decision counter;
a voltage control logic configured to
receive the decision count value from the decision counter, and
output a control signal based on a result of comparing the decision count value with a reference count value; and
a regulator configured to output an operating voltage based on the control signal received from the voltage control logic,
wherein the analog-to-digital converter is configured to control a cycle of the second clock signal based on a magnitude of the operating voltage, and
wherein the voltage control logic is configured to control the regulator to output a corrected operating voltage based on using the control signal.