PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15773149
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["341", "155000"]

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital converter ( 110 ) for an imaging device comprises an analog signal input ( 123 ) for receiving an analog signal from a pixel array of the imaging device and N ramp signal inputs ( 121, 122 ) for receiving N ramp signals, where N is an integer≥2. The N ramp signals have different slopes. The ADC has a clock input ( 143 ) for receiving at least one clock signal. A comparison stage ( 120 ) is connected to the ramp signal inputs and to the analog signal input. The comparison stage ( 120 ) is configured to compare the ramp signals with the analog signal to provide comparison outputs during the conversion period. A control stage ( 130 ) is configured to control a counter stage ( 140 ) based on the comparison outputs and a selection input indicative of when at least one handover point has been reached during the conversion period.

Claim (Index 6):
The analog-to-digital converter according to  claim 1 , further comprising an output stage which is configured to output a counter value and an indication of a comparison output of which ramp signal controlled the counter stage during the conversion period.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29167
- Patent Class: 341.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15773537', '14158818', '14295267', '12696109', '13038502']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6139368276902177
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5960868075318756
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6121518256743835
- Mean Citation Score: 343.0615
- Max Citation Score: 496.4723
- Similarity Product: 477.0008757161081

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test