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- Patent Title: Comparator, AD converter, solid-state imaging device, electronic apparatus, and method of controlling comparator
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Application No.: US14916652Application Date: 2015-07-01
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Publication No.: US10021331B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Masaki Sakakibara , Kenichi Aoyagi , Seiji Yamada
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-144389 20140714
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/068962 WO 20150701
- International Announcement: WO2016/009832 WO 20160121
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H03K5/24 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator.The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.
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