发明名称 |
Semiconductor device |
摘要 |
To determine the accuracy of an AD converter more simply than in the related art, a semiconductor device includes a successive approximation AD converter. The AD converter includes one or a plurality of testing capacitors used in a test mode, separately from a C-DAC used for AD conversion in a normal mode. In the test mode, the accuracy of a capacitor under test among a plurality of capacitors configuring the C-DAC is determined by comparing a potential occurring in the capacitor under test and a potential occurring in the testing capacitors. |
申请公布号 |
US9124288(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.09.01 |
申请号 |
US201414577618 |
申请日期 |
2014.12.19 |
申请人 |
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION |
发明人 |
Umezaki Takahiro;Horikoshi Yasutaka;Mikami Takehiro |
分类号 |
H03M1/10;H03M1/38 |
主分类号 |
H03M1/10 |
代理机构 |
McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC |
代理人 |
McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC |
主权项 |
1. A semiconductor device comprising a successive approximation AD (Analog-to-Digital) converter,
the AD converter comprising: a switching unit for switching between an analog signal and a reference potential; a first DA (Digital-to-Analog) converter including a plurality of first capacitors each having one end that can be individually coupled to the switching unit and the other end coupled to a common output line; one or a plurality of testing capacitors that are dedicated for testing, each having one end to which the reference potential or a potential obtained by dividing the reference potential can be individually inputted; and a control unit, wherein, in a normal mode, the control unit determines a digital value corresponding to the analog signal, based on the output line, and wherein, in a test mode, the control unit determines accuracy of a first capacitor under test by comparing a potential of the output line and a potential of the other end of the one or more testing capacitors in a state where the reference potential is inputted to one end of the first capacitor under test. |
地址 |
Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa JP |