IP Library Granted Patent US 7,439,780
Granted Patent B2
US 7,439,780 · App. 11/702,095 · Granted Oct 21, 2008

Chopper type comparator

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Patent No.
US 7,439,780
App. No.
11/702,095
Granted
Oct 21, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A comparator includes: a CMOS inverter constituted by a combination of a first p-channel MOS transistor and a first n-channel MOS transistor; a second p-channel MOS transistor connected in parallel to the first p-channel MOS transistor in an analog input period, and disconnected from the first p-channel MOS transistor in a comparison period; and a second n-channel MOS transistor connected in parallel to the first n-channel MOS transistor in the analog input period, and disconnected from the first n-channel MOS transistor in the comparison period.

Claims (20)

1. A chopper type comparator, comprising:

a first switch for supplying a first voltage to a first node in an analog input period;

a second switch for supplying a second voltage to the first node in a comparison period;

a capacitor connected between a second node and the first node;

an inverter which inverts and amplifies a voltage of the second node and outputs the voltage to a third node, the inverter being configured as a CMOS inverter including a combination of a first p-channel MOS transistor and a first n-channel MOS transistor;

a third switch for short-circuiting between the second and the third nodes in the analog input period;

a second p-channel MOS transistor which is connected in parallel to the first p-channel MOS transistor in the analog input period, and disconnected from the first p-channel MOS transistor in the comparison period; and

a second n-channel MOS transistor which is connected in parallel to the first n-channel MOS transistor in the analog input period, and disconnected from the first n-channel MOS transistor in the comparison period.

2. The chopper type comparator according to claim 1 , wherein the second p-channel MOS transistor and the second n-channel MOS transistor are each composed of two or more transistors connected in parallel.

3. A chopper type comparator, comprising:

a first switch for supplying an analog signal voltage to a first node;

a second switch for supplying a reference voltage to the first node;

a CMOS inverter for inverting an input voltage, the CMOS inverter including a first p-channel MOS transistor and a first n-channel MOS transistor;

a capacitor connected between the first node and an input node of the CMOS inverter;

a third switch for short-circuiting between an output node and the input node of the CMOS inverter;

a second p-channel MOS transistor and a second n-channel MOS transistor which are connected in parallel to the first p-channel MOS transistor and the first n-channel MOS transistor, respectively; and

a fourth switch for disconnecting the second p-channel MOS transistor and the second n-channel MOS transistor from the first p-channel MOS transistor and the first n-channel MOS transistor, respectively.

4. The chopper type comparator according to claim 3 , further comprising at least one p-channel MOS transistor and at least one n-channel MOS transistor, which are connected in parallel to the second p-channel MOS transistor and the second n-channel MOS transistor, respectively,

wherein the fourth switch disconnects the second p-channel MOS transistor, the second n-channel MOS transistor, the at least one p-channel MOS transistor and the at least one n-channel MOS transistor from the first p-channel MOS transistor and the first n-channel MOS transistor.

5. The chopper type comparator according to claim 3 , each of the first through fourth switches includes a receiving portion to receive a switching control signal to perform switching in accordance with the switching control signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022162/0586 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2007
From: SUGAI, DANYA
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018970/0125 →