ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,569, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ams Sensors Belgium BVBA (Berchem, Belgium).
"Analog-to-digital converter circuit and analog-to-digital conversion method" was invented by Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ADC circuit includes a comparator with a first input for receiving an analog signal and with a second input for receiving a ramp signal, a first output of the comparator, a second output of the comparator, a first counter connected to the first output, a second counter connected to the second output, a first clock connected to the first counter, and a second clock connected to the second count...