A CMOS image sensor with pixel level analog to digital conversion is presented. Each 13.8μm x 13.8μm pixel area contains a photodiode and a dynamic comparator using the maximum voltage swing available (0V 1.8V). The comparator does not need any bias current and is insensitive to fabrication process variations. Also a digital to analog converter (DAC) is used to deliver a voltage reference in or...

Abstract A control-bounded analog-to-digital converter consists of a linear analog system that is subject to digital control, and filter estimates the input signal from control signals. Such converters have many commonalities with delta–sigma converters, but they can use more general filters. The paper describes operating principle, gives transfer function analysis, filtering. In addition, disc...

The conversion of digital signals from a given sampling rate to a second, arbitrary sampling rate, with both sampling rates derived from independent clock generators, is revisited. A general approach to arbitrary sampling rate conversion is presented from which two efficient realisations are deduced. The computational expenditure of both realisations is derived under the restriction of finite c...

To effectively strike a balance between system cost and accuracy, higher conversion accuracy is achieved by oversampling the low-resolution ADC integrated within a digital signal controller (DSC), and then processing the oversampled digital signal in software through a digital filter and a decimator. This processing scheme, which adds additional bits of accuracy to the 12-bit ADC conversion in ...

We suggest a novel methodology to obtain a digital representation of analog signals and to perform its backconversion using memristive devices. In the proposed converters, the same memristive systems are used for two purposes: as elements performing conversion and elements storing the code. This approach to conversion is particularly relevant for interfacing analog signals with memristive digit...

Biological neurons acting alone are inefficient and noisy, yet are able to work together to produce a large dynamic response over a wide frequency range. This behavior suggests using interconnected low-level electronics to represent the conversion of analog signals to digital temporal patterns for state of the art analog to digital conversion.

This work introduces a procedure for automatic 3D modeling and discusses its performance in the context of a medical application, namely the 3D modeling of palate’s casts. The general interest of the proposed method lays in the fact that a widespread use of 3D modeling in non-engineering applications requires automatic procedures. The specific interest is in the intriguing mixture of open issue...

The goal of this article is to present interactive didactic software for analog to digital conversion using PCM method. After a short introduction regarding vocal signal processing we present some method for analog to digital conversion. The didactic software is an applet that can be direct accessed by any interested person.