ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,194, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Successive approximation ad converter circuit" was invented by Mamoru Hashigami (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a successive approximation AD converter circuit that converts an analog input signal into a digital output signal. The successive approximation AD converter circuit includes a capacitor DAC including a capacitor array and a switch array connected to the capacitor array, a comparator connected to first comparison wiring and second comparison wiring, and a control circuit that determines a value of the digital output signal while c...