Patents by Inventor Rodolfo Rodrigues

Rodolfo Rodrigues has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analog-to-digital converter circuit and method for analog-to-digital conversion
    Patent number: 11206032
    Abstract: In an embodiment an analog-to-digital converter circuit has an input for receiving at least a first analog signal level, a ramp generator adapted to provide a ramp signal having a constant and adjustable starting level which splits into a first section which is rising and a second section which is falling concurrently to the first section's rising, wherein the starting level lies within an input range of the analog-to-digital converter circuit, a comparison unit which is coupled by its first input to the input of the analog-to-digital converter circuit and is coupled by its second input in a switchable manner to the ramp generator, a counter which is coupled to a control unit, and the control unit which is coupled to an output of the comparison unit, wherein the control unit is prepared to enable the counter depending on a comparison of the ramp signal with the first analog signal level and to determine a digital value as a function of a count of the counter reached at an intersection point of the ramp signal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AMS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Rodolfo Rodrigues, Flavio Santos
  • ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20210099182
    Abstract: In an embodiment an analog-to-digital converter circuit has an input for receiving at least a first analog signal level, a ramp generator adapted to provide a ramp signal having a constant and adjustable starting level which splits into a first section which is rising and a second section which is falling concurrently to the first section's rising, wherein the starting level lies within an input range of the analog-to-digital converter circuit, a comparison unit which is coupled by its first input to the input of the analog-to-digital converter circuit and is coupled by its second input in a switchable manner to the ramp generator, a counter which is coupled to a control unit, and the control unit which is coupled to an output of the comparison unit, wherein the control unit is prepared to enable the counter depending on a comparison of the ramp signal with the first analog signal level and to determine a digital value as a function of a count of the counter reached at an intersection point of the ramp signal
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Rodolfo Rodrigues, Flavio Santos