Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, monitoring device, and electronic device
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Application No.: US14806876Application Date: 2015-07-23
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Publication No.: US10021329B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Takuro Ohmaru
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-156296 20140731; JP2014-179769 20140904
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/32 ; H04N5/33

Abstract:
An imaging device includes a pixel; a digital circuit; and an analog processing circuit including a constant current circuit, a current comparison circuit, and a control circuit. The pixel is capable of outputting differential data. The constant current circuit is capable of supplying a first current corresponding to the differential data, in accordance with a first control signal. The current comparison circuit is capable of supplying a second current that flows through the constant current circuit in accordance with a change in the differential data. The current comparison circuit has a function of setting a determination signal active depending on whether to supply the second current to the constant current circuit. The control circuit has a function of controlling the constant current circuit and the current comparison circuit to stop their functions as the determination signal becomes active. The digital circuit operates as the determination signal becomes active.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037106A1 IMAGING DEVICE, MONITORING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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