- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, electronic apparatus, and ad converter
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Application No.: US15831517Application Date: 2017-12-05
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Publication No.: US10015419B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Katsuhiko Hanzawa , Shizunori Matsumoto
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: JP2015-077902 20150406
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and an AD converter that are capable of suppressing the occurrence of an error in AD conversion results.The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, a comparator for comparing a pixel signal outputted from the pixels with a reference signal, and a counter for counting the time of comparison made by the comparator. The comparator includes a first amplifier for comparing the pixel signal with the reference signal, a second amplifier that has a first transistor and amplifies an output signal of the first amplifier, and a second transistor having the same polarity as the first transistor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to an output end of the first amplifier, and a source and a drain of the second transistor are connected to the same fixed potential as a source of the first transistor. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109744A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND AD CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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