Patent ID: 8884803

Claim:
An analogue-digital converter apparatus, comprising: a plurality of AD converters connected in series, each AD converter to convert an analog signal received by a first AD converter, at least one of the AD converters including: a residual signal generator that generates a first residual signal, the first residual signal being a difference between the analog signal or one of two residual signals amplified and output by a preceding AD converter and a first reference signal, and a second residual signal, the second residual signal being a difference between the analog signal or one of the two residual signals and a second reference signal; and an amplifier that amplifies and outputs the first residual signal to a subsequent AD converter at a first timing and amplifies and outputs the second residual signal to the subsequent AD converter at a second timing, wherein the first reference signal and the second reference signal are set in accordance with the two residual signals amplified and output by the preceding AD converter.