Device for receiving an input current and operating method therefor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsTaha Soliman, Tobias Kirchner
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Abstract
A device including a first input for receiving an input current, a second input for receiving a reference current, and a first output. The device is designed to compare the input current with the reference current and, on the basis of the comparison, to output an output current
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1-19. (canceled)
A device, comprising:
- a first input configured to receive an input current;
- a second input configured to receive a reference current;
- and
- a first output;
- wherein the device is configured to compare the input current with the reference current, and, based on the comparison, to output an output current at the first output.
An analog-to-digital converter device, comprising
- i, i>1, devices, each device of the i devices including:
- a first input configured to receive an input current;
- a second input configured to receive a reference current;
- and
- a first output;
- wherein the device is configured to compare the input current with the reference current, and, based on the comparison, to output an output current at the first output;
- wherein the i devices connectable in series and/or connected in series with respect to their first input and their first output in a series circuit such that the first output of a j-th device of the series circuit is connected to the first input a (j+1)-th device of the series circuit, with j=1, 2, to i−1.
A method for operating a device including a first input configured to receive an input current, a second input configured to receive a reference current, and a first output, wherein the method comprises:
- comparing the input current with the reference current;
- and
- outputting an output current at the first output based on the comparison.
A method for operating an analog-to-digital converter device including i, i>1, devices, each device of the i devices including a first input configured to receive an input current, a second input configured to receive a reference current, and a first output, wherein the i devices are connectable in series and/or connected in series with respect to their first input and their first output in a series circuit such that the first output of a j-th device of the series circuit is connected to the first input of a (j+1)-th device of the series circuit, with j=1, 2, to i−1, wherein the method comprises:
- feeding an input signal in the form of an input current for a first device of the series circuit;
- and
- providing a digital value characterizing the input signal, based on an output current and/or an output signal of a plurality of the i devices.
A computing device configured to ascertain a scalar product, comprising:
- a matrix of elements including a controllable electrical resistance;
- and
- at least one analog-to-digital converter device including:
- i, i>1, devices, each device of the i devices including:
- a first input configured to receive an input current;
- a second input configured to receive a reference current;
- and
- a first output;
- wherein the device is configured to compare the input current with the reference current, and, based on the comparison, to output an output current at the first output;
- wherein the i devices connectable in series and/or connected in series with respect to their first input and their first output in a series circuit such that the first output of a j-th device of the series circuit is connected to the first input a (j+1)-th device of the series circuit, with j=1, 2, to i−1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.