PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16223859
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["348", "246000"]

Abstract:
A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CCMS) single slope (SS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The CCMS SS ADC includes a comparator, arranged to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and generate a comparison result; and a CCMS control circuit, arranged to determine a swing of the ramp signal according to a magnitude of the analog signal. An image sensor system using the CCMS SS ADC and a method of CCMS SS analog-to-digital conversion are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 15):
The analog-to-digital conversion method of  claim 14 , wherein selectively outputting the first ramp signal or the second ramp signal as the ramp signal according to the magnitude of the analog signal and the predefined time period comprises:\n when the magnitude of the analog signal is not smaller than a predefined value corresponding to the predefined time period of the assertion of the signal representing the programmable small-swing signal detection region, determining to select the first ramp signal to act as the ramp signal, and when the magnitude of the analog signal is smaller than the predefined value corresponding to the predefined time period of the assertion of the signal representing the programmable small-swing signal detection region, determining to select the second ramp signal to act as the ramp signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69811
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15951942', '14858175', '16039116', '14828404', '12857386']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6012585527498245
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5418683994823088
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.595319537423073
- Mean Citation Score: 238.33214200000003
- Max Citation Score: 371.5732
- Similarity Product: 368.7367932832479

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

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